By: Hunter (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 2700          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;   May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on   Transportation; May 15, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0;   May 15, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2700 By:  Garcia     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the issuance of childhood cancer awareness license   plates.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 504.655 to read as follows:          Sec. 504.655.  CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS PLATES. (a)  The   department shall issue specialty license plates to raise awareness   of childhood cancer. The department shall design the license   plates in consultation with an organization that seeks to raise   awareness of childhood cancer in this state.          (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 an account created by the   comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b).  Money   deposited to that account may be used by the General Land Office   only to provide grants to benefit organizations operating in this   state that raise awareness of, conduct research on, or provide   services for persons diagnosed with childhood cancer.          (c)  The General Land Office and an organization that   receives a grant under Subsection (b) may enter into a memorandum of   understanding establishing the respective duties of the General   Land Office and the organization in relation to carrying out the   purposes of that subsection.          (d)  Section 504.702 does not apply to a specialty license   plate issued under this section.          SECTION 2.  The General Land Office and an organization that   receives a grant under Section 504.655, Transportation Code, as   added by this Act, are not required to adopt a new memorandum of   understanding under that section if a previous memorandum of   understanding adopted by the General Land Office and the   organization accomplishes the purposes of that section.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *