{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.616","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 504.616","heading":"TEXAS READS LICENSE PLATES.","body":"(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates including the words \"Texas Reads\" that incorporate one or more submissions from middle school students in a competition conducted by the department.\n(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Reads account in the general revenue fund. Money from the account may be used only to make grants under Section 441.0092, Government Code. The account is composed of:\n(1) money required to be deposited to the credit of the account under this subsection; and\n(2) donations made to the account.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1320, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 206, eff. January 1, 2012.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 504. LICENSE PLATES","SUBCHAPTER G. SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm#504.616","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"dc262a80a400cd4da5793d245b33416bc838fee34fa472b92b756d8d3c4418dd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.615","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.617"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}