87R26214 SRA-D     By: Perry S.B. No. 1123     (Krause)     Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1123:  No.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the issuance of and contracts for certain services   related to certain specialty 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 504.675 to read as follows:          Sec. 504.675.  FAMILY FIRST LICENSE PLATES. (a) The   department shall issue specialty license plates that include the   words "Family First." The department shall design the plates in   consultation with a representative of the Family First nonprofit   organization.          (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 only by the Texas Education   Agency to make grants to a nonprofit organization with chapters   operating in schools in this state whose primary purpose is   promoting the importance of fatherhood.          SECTION 2.  Section 504.851(i), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (i)  A contract entered into by the department with a private   vendor under this section:                (1)  must comply with any law generally applicable to a   contract for services entered into by the department;                (2)  must require the private vendor to render at least   quarterly to the department periodic accounts that accurately   detail all material transactions, including information reasonably   required by the department to support fees that are collected by the   vendor, and to regularly remit all money payable to the department   under the contract; [and]                (3)  may allow or require the private vendor to   establish an electronic infrastructure coordinated and compatible   with the department's registration system, by which motor vehicle   owners may electronically send and receive applications, other   documents, or required payments, and that, when secure access is   necessary, can be electronically validated by the department; and                (4)  must allow the private vendor to establish a range   of premium embossed specialty license plates to be sourced,   marketed, and sold by the private vendor.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.