HBA-JEK H.B. 2722 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2722
By: Raymond
Transportation
4/5/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law authorizes a person who holds an amateur radio station license
issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and who operates
receiving and transmitting mobile amateur equipment in a passenger car or a
light truck to obtain specially designed license plates that include the
person's amateur call letters as assigned by the FCC.  However, current law
does not authorize a license plate specifically designed for a person with
a permanent disability to include both the international symbol of access
and the person's amateur radio call letters.  House Bill 2722 provides such
a specially designed license plate for these persons. 

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 2722 amends the Transportation Code to authorize a person
eligible for a speciality designed license plate for persons with a
disability to apply for license plates that include the symbol of access
adopted by Rehabilitation International in 1969 at its Eleventh World
Congress on Rehabilitation of the Disabled and the person's amateur radio
call letters assigned by the Federal Communications Commission. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.