Texas Transportation Code

§ 504.644 — MARINE MAMMAL RECOVERY LICENSE PLATES

TN § 504.644Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · Ch. 504. LICENSE PLATES · Art. G. SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION

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(a)The department shall issue Marine Mammal Recovery specialty license plates. The department shall design the license plates in consultation with the Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network.

(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 in the state treasury. Money in the account may be used only by the Parks and Wildlife Department to support the activities of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network in the recovery, rehabilitation, and release of stranded marine mammals. The Parks and Wildlife Department shall establish reporting and other mechanisms necessary to ensure that the money is spent for purposes for which it is dedicated.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1320, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.