Bill Text: TX HB3394 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of sickle cell disease awareness specialty license plates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3394 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3394-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3394 |
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relating to the issuance of sickle cell disease 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 504.671 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 504.671. SICKLE CELL DISEASE AWARENESS LICENSE PLATES. | ||
(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that | ||
include the words "Sickle Cell Matters" and an image of the burgundy | ||
sickle cell ribbon. The department shall design the plates in | ||
consultation with the Sickle Cell Association of Houston. | ||
(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 Texas Southern | ||
University to make grants to a nonprofit organization that has a | ||
history of providing services to persons with sickle cell disease | ||
for the purpose of providing those services. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3394 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3394 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |