HBA-NRS, BSM H.B. 149 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 149
By: Wohlgemuth
Transportation
4/5/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law requires the Texas Department of Transportation to issue a
specially designed license plate for a vehicle owned by a surviving spouse,
parent or adult child of a person killed in the line of duty as a peace
officer. Siblings, stepchildren, or children adopted by a person killed in
the line of duty as a peace officer are not currently eligible to receive
the specially designed license plate. House Bill 149  requires the Texas
Department of Transportation  to issue a specially designed license plate
for a vehicle owned by a brother, sister, adopted child, or stepchild of a
person killed in the line of duty as a peace officer. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 149 amends the Transportation Code to require the Texas
Department of Transportation  to issue a specially designed license plate
for a vehicle owned by a brother, sister, adopted child, or stepchild of a
person killed in the line of duty as a peace officer. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.