Bill Text: TX HB269 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for classroom teachers and retired classroom teachers; imposing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Referred to Transportation [HB269 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB269-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for classroom teachers and retired classroom teachers; imposing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Referred to Transportation [HB269 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB269-Introduced.html
87R550 TSS-F | ||
By: Cortez | H.B. No. 269 |
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relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for classroom | ||
teachers and retired classroom teachers; imposing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Sections 504.517 and 504.518 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 504.517. CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) In this section, | ||
"classroom teacher" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.001, | ||
Education Code. | ||
(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates for | ||
classroom teachers with at least 15 years of service teaching | ||
public school students. The license plates must include the words | ||
"Texas Teacher" and depict a Texas public education logo. The | ||
department shall design the license plates in consultation with the | ||
Texas Education Agency. | ||
(c) The fee for issuance of the license plates is $10. | ||
Sec. 504.518. RETIRED CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) In this | ||
section, "retired classroom teacher" means a person who: | ||
(1) was formerly employed as a classroom teacher, as | ||
that term is defined by Section 5.001, Education Code; and | ||
(2) is a retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of | ||
Texas. | ||
(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates for | ||
retired classroom teachers with at least 20 years of service | ||
teaching public school students. The license plates must include | ||
the words "Retired Texas Teacher" and depict a Texas public | ||
education logo. The department shall design the license plates in | ||
consultation with the Texas Education Agency. | ||
(c) The fee for issuance of the license plates is $5. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |