88R17244 TYPED     By: Schwertner S.B. No. 2221       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor Texas   Sheriffs' Deputies.          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.### to read as follows:          Sec. 504.###.  SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS LICENSE PLATE.   (a) The department shall issue specialty license plates to honor   Sheriffs' office personnel. The license plates must include:                (1)  the words "Support Your Sheriffs' Office";                (2)  a depiction of the Sheriffs' Association of Texas   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 an account created by the   Sheriffs' Association of Texas. Money deposited to that account   may be used only for the training, retention, and increasing the   professionalism of Sheriffs' Deputies, county jail employees,   emergency service center employees, or other positions and offices   which a Sheriff is the administrator over.          (c)  Section 504.702 does not apply to a specialty license   plate issued under this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.