Tex. Transportation Code § 504.648
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 504.648, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 504.648. GOD BLESS TEXAS AND GOD BLESS AMERICA LICENSE PLATES.
Official statutory text
(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that include the words "God Bless Texas" and "God Bless America."
(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee shall be deposited to the credit of the share the road account in the state treasury and may only be used by the Texas Education Agency to support the Safe Routes to School Program of a designated statewide nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is to promote bicyclist safety, education, and access through:
(1) education and awareness programs; and
(2) training, workshops, educational materials, and media events.
(c) The fee for the license plates is $40.
(d) Up to 25 percent of the amount in Subsection (b) may be used to support the activities of the nonprofit organization in marketing and promoting the Safe Routes to School Program and the God Bless Texas and God Bless America license plates.
(e) The Texas Education Agency may use money received under this section to secure funds available under federal matching programs for safe routes to school and obesity prevention.
(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee shall be deposited to the credit of the share the road account in the state treasury and may only be used by the Texas Education Agency to support the Safe Routes to School Program of a designated statewide nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is to promote bicyclist safety, education, and access through:
(1) education and awareness programs; and
(2) training, workshops, educational materials, and media events.
(c) The fee for the license plates is $40.
(d) Up to 25 percent of the amount in Subsection (b) may be used to support the activities of the nonprofit organization in marketing and promoting the Safe Routes to School Program and the God Bless Texas and God Bless America license plates.
(e) The Texas Education Agency may use money received under this section to secure funds available under federal matching programs for safe routes to school and obesity prevention.
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