By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1568
(In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2025; March 6, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 28, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 28, 2025,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1568 By: West
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of animal friendly specialty license
plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 504.605, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as
follows:
(a-1) In addition to the license plates required under
Subsection (a), the department shall issue specialty license plates
including the words "Spay. Neuter. Adopt." The department shall
design the license plates.
(b) After deduction of the department's administrative
costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of [the] license plates
under Subsection (a) or (a-1) shall be deposited to the credit of
the animal friendly account established by Section 828.014, Health
and Safety Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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