80R2789 ACP-D
 
  By: Quintanilla H.B. No. 616
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to specialty license plates benefiting public schools in
certain counties.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.6155 to read as follows:
       Sec. 504.6155.  SUPPORT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS LICENSE
PLATES.  (a)  The department shall issue specialty license plates
that include the words "I support (insert name of county) County
public schools."  The department shall design the license plates in
consultation with the applicable county.
       (b)  After deduction of the department's administrative
costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates
shall be sent to the Texas Education Agency for distribution to the
school districts in the county designated on the license plates
based on the average daily attendance of the school districts as
determined under Section 42.005, Education Code.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2007.