87R17966 SRA-D     By: Herrero H.B. No. 3957       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the creation of the open burn pit registry fund and the   issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United   States armed forces exposed to open burn pits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 99, Health and Safety Code, as added by   Chapter 153 (H.B. 306), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular   Session, 2019, is amended by adding Section 99.008 to read as   follows:          Sec. 99.008.  OPEN BURN PIT REGISTRY FUND. (a)  The open   burn pit registry fund is a special fund in the state treasury   outside the general revenue fund. The fund is composed of:                (1)  money transferred to the fund at the direction of   the legislature;                (2)  gifts and grants contributed to the fund;                (3)  the earnings of the fund; and                (4)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under   Section 504.675, Transportation Code.          (b)  Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the   department.  The department may use the money only for the creation   and maintenance of the open burn pit registry established under   Section 99.003, except that the department may use the money for any   other purpose of the department consistent with legislative   appropriation of the money if the department finds that the   registry is adequately funded and contributions to the fund exceed   the amount necessary for the registry to be adequately funded.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 504.675 to read as follows:          Sec. 504.675.  VETERANS EXPOSED TO OPEN BURN PITS. (a)  The   department shall issue specialty license plates to honor members of   the United States armed forces who were exposed to open burn pits   during their military service. The license plates must include:                (1)  the words "Burn Pits 360 Veterans Organization";   and                (2)  a depiction of the Burn Pits 360 nonprofit   organization logo.          (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 the open burn pit registry fund   established under Section 99.008, Health and Safety Code.          (c)  Section 504.702 does not apply to a specialty license   plate issued under this section.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.