H.B. No. 3394
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of sickle cell disease awareness 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. SICKLE CELL DISEASE AWARENESS LICENSE PLATES.
(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that
include the words "Sickle Cell Matters" and an image of the burgundy
sickle cell ribbon. The department shall design the plates in
consultation with the Sickle Cell Association of Houston.
(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 Texas Southern
University to make grants to a nonprofit organization that has a
history of providing services to persons with sickle cell disease
for the purpose of providing those services.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3394 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3394 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor