H.B. No. 1863
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of Make-A-Wish 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 504.675 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.675. MAKE-A-WISH LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates that include the
words "Make-A-Wish" and an image of the blue Make-A-Wish logo. The
department shall design the plates in consultation with the Central
and South Texas chapter of Make-A-Wish.
(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 Health and Human
Services Commission to make grants to a nonprofit organization that
has a history of providing services to children diagnosed with a
critical illness for the purpose of providing those services.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1863 was passed by the House on May 8,
2021, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 14, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1863 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1863 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor