Bill Text: TX SB1123 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1123 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1123-Comm_Sub.html

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87R26214 SRA-D
By: Perry S.B. No. 1123
(Krause)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1123: No.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of and contracts for certain services
related to certain 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 504.675 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.675. FAMILY FIRST LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates that include the
words "Family First." The department shall design the plates in
consultation with a representative of the Family First nonprofit
organization.
(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 Texas Education
Agency to make grants to a nonprofit organization with chapters
operating in schools in this state whose primary purpose is
promoting the importance of fatherhood.
SECTION 2. Section 504.851(i), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(i) A contract entered into by the department with a private
vendor under this section:
(1) must comply with any law generally applicable to a
contract for services entered into by the department;
(2) must require the private vendor to render at least
quarterly to the department periodic accounts that accurately
detail all material transactions, including information reasonably
required by the department to support fees that are collected by the
vendor, and to regularly remit all money payable to the department
under the contract; [and]
(3) may allow or require the private vendor to
establish an electronic infrastructure coordinated and compatible
with the department's registration system, by which motor vehicle
owners may electronically send and receive applications, other
documents, or required payments, and that, when secure access is
necessary, can be electronically validated by the department; and
(4) must allow the private vendor to establish a range
of premium embossed specialty license plates to be sourced,
marketed, and sold by the private vendor.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.