By: Price, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) H.B. No. 3401

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2021; May 3, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 5, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 5, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor members of the United States Navy SEALs.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 504.202(e-1), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(e-1) Other than license plates issued under Subsection (h), license plates issued under this section may include, on request:

(1) the emblem of the veteran's branch of service; or

(2) one emblem from another license plate to which the person is entitled under Section 504.308, 504.309, 504.310(b), 504.311, 504.312, 504.313, 504.3135, 504.314, 504.315, 504.316, 504.3161, 504.318, 504.319, 504.320, 504.323, [as added by Chapter 1085 (H.B. 3567), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, or] 504.325, or 504.327.

SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 504.327 to read as follows:

Sec. 504.327. UNITED STATES NAVY SEALS. The department shall issue specialty license plates for members of the United States armed services who have been awarded the Special Warfare Insignia. The license plates must include:

(1) the words "Navy SEALs"; and

(2) a depiction of the United States Navy Special Warfare Insignia.

SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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