88R24535 BEE-D
 
  By: Hayes H.B. No. 2323
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2323:
 
  By:  Canales C.S.H.B. No. 2323
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of general-issue license plates
  commemorating the 100th anniversary of the writing of the state
  song.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 504.005, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), license plates issued
  by the department during the five-year period beginning January 1,
  2024, other than specialty license plates, must be designed to
  commemorate the 100th anniversary of the writing of the state song,
  "Texas, Our Texas," and must include the words "Texas, Our Texas"
  and the dates "1924-2024."  The department shall deplete the
  current inventory of general-issue license plates before issuing
  license plates described by this subsection.  This subsection
  expires January 1, 2030.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.