HBA-NIK S.B. 1176 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1176
By: Wentworth
Transportation
5/6/1999
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, specially designed license plates for the Young Men's Christian
Association (YMCA) in Texas are not allowed to be issued by the Texas
Department of Transportation. S.B. 1176 sets forth provisions for the
issuance of a special license plate in honor of the YMCA. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking
authority is expressly delegated to the Texas Department of Transportation
in SECTION 1(Section 502.299, Transportation Code) of this bill. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, by adding
Section 502.299, as follows: 

Sec. 502.299. TEXAS YMCA. (a) Requires the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) to issue specially designed license plates for
passenger cars and light trucks in honor of the Young Men's Christian
Association (YMCA).  

(b) Requires TxDOT to issue license plates to a person who applies to the
county assessor-collector of the county in which the person resides on a
form provided by TxDOT, and pays the annual fee established by TxDOT under
Subsection (c), in addition to the fee prescribed by Section 502.161(Fee:
Passenger Car, Municipal Bus, Private Bus), Transportation Code, and, if
personalized prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the fee
prescribed by Section 502.251(Personalized Prestige License Plates),
Transportation Code. 

(c) Requires TxDOT, by rule, to establish the annual fee for registration
in an amount that, when added to the other fees collected by TxDOT, does
not exceed the amount sufficient to recover the actual cost to TxDOT of
issuing license plates under this section. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.