Bill Text: TX HB830 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of Alamo specialty license plates.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 1/1/16 [HB830 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB830-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 830

AN ACT
relating to the issuance of Alamo 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 504.665 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.665. ALAMO LICENSE PLATES. (a) The department
shall issue specialty license plates that include the image of the
Alamo and the word "Remember" at the bottom of each plate.
(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 General Land
Office as follows:
(1) 75 percent of the money shall be used for the
preservation of the Alamo; and
(2) 25 percent of the money shall be used to enhance
the Alamo visitor experience or to fund education programs about
the Alamo.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 830 was passed by the House on May 8,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 830 on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2
present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 830 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor