87R14427 DRS-D
By: Jetton H.B. No. 4080
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to issuance of autism 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 504.675 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.675. AUTISM AWARENESS LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates that include the
words "Autism Awareness." The department shall design the plates in
consultation with a representative of the Hope for Three nonprofit
organization.
(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 trusteed programs
within the office of the governor to make grants to a nonprofit
organization whose primary purpose is to create awareness about and
provide support to families living with autism spectrum disorder,
to be used by that organization for that purpose.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.