By: Hinojosa (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) H.B. No. 1130
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of Register to Vote specialty license
plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.671 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.671. REGISTER TO VOTE LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates that include the
words "Register to Vote."
(b) After deduction of the department's administrative
costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates
shall be deposited to the credit of an account created by the
comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b). Money
deposited to that account may be used only by the secretary of state
for Project V.O.T.E. or a successor voter education program
administered by the office of the secretary of state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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