77(R) SB 258 House committee report - Bill Text.html

May 18, 2001

77® SB 258 House committee report - Bill Text

By: Barrientos S.B. No. 258

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

1-1 AN ACT

1-2 relating to the issuance of emergency medical services personnel

1-3 license plates.

1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,

1-6 is amended by adding Section 502.2681 to read as follows:

1-7 Sec. 502.2681. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL.

1-8 (a) The department shall issue specially designed license plates

1-9 for passenger cars and light trucks owned by emergency medical

1-10 services personnel licensed or certified by the Texas Department of

1-11 Health under Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code.

1-12 ( A person may apply at any time for registration under

1-13 this section to the department through the county

1-14 assessor-collector of the county in which the person resides. The

1-15 department shall prescribe the form of the application. The

1-16 department shall require an applicant to submit satisfactory proof

1-17 of eligibility under this section.

1-18 © The fee for registration under this section and issuance

1-19 of the special license plates is an annual fee of $4, in addition

1-20 to the fee prescribed by Section 502.161 or 501.162, and, if

1-21 personalized prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the

1-22 fee prescribed by Section 502.251. The county assessor-collector

1-23 shall send the annual fee to the department to defray the cost of

1-24 providing the special license plates.

1-25 (d) Registration under this section is valid for one

2-1 registration year.

2-2 (e) A person may register, for the person's own use, only

2-3 one vehicle under this section.

2-4 (f) The owner of a vehicle registered under this section

2-5 shall return the special license plates to the department if the

2-6 owner disposes of the vehicle during the registration year. The

2-7 owner may then register another vehicle under this section.

2-8 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

2-9 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

2-10 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

2-11 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

2-12 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.

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