Bill Text: TX HB830 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of Alamo specialty license plates.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 1/1/16 [HB830 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB830-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 830 |
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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 |