1-1 By: Goolsby, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Madla) H.B. No. 70
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1993;
1-3 May 11, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 17, 1993, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Harris of Dallas x
1-9 Rosson x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Leedom x
1-13 Lucio x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Nelson x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Shelley x
1-18 Sibley x
1-19 West x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Patterson
1-22 Amend H.B. 70 as follows:
1-23 (1) On page 1, line 64, between "Auxiliary" and the
1-24 semicolon insert: ", or members of the Marine Corps League or its
1-25 auxiliary".
1-26 (2) On page 2, line 27, between the period and "License"
1-27 insert: "License plates issued to members of the Marine Corps
1-28 League or its auxiliary shall bear the words "Marine Corps League"
1-29 and the emblem of the Marine Corps League.".
1-30 (3) On page 2, beginning on line 41, amend Subdivision (1)
1-31 to read as follows:
1-32 "(1) armed forces <license plates>, Coast Guard
1-33 Auxiliary, <or> Civil Air Patrol, or Marine Corps League license
1-34 plates must submit proof that the person is eligible to receive the
1-35 plates;".
1-36 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-37 AN ACT
1-38 relating to the issuance of specially designed license plates for
1-39 certain veterans of military service.
1-40 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-41 SECTION 1. Section 5k, Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the
1-42 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-5k,
1-43 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as amended by Chapters 654 and 659,
1-44 Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, is amended by
1-45 amending Subsections (a), (b), (d), and (l) to read as follows:
1-46 (a) The department shall design and provide for the issuance
1-47 of special license plates depicting the state capitol for passenger
1-48 cars and light commercial motor vehicles having a manufacturer's
1-49 rated carrying capacity of one ton or less and shall design and
1-50 provide for the issuance of special license plates for those
1-51 vehicles that are owned by persons who are:
1-52 (1) active or retired members of a branch of the armed
1-53 forces of the United States;
1-54 (2) the surviving spouses of individuals killed in
1-55 action while serving in the armed forces of the United States, as
1-56 long as the surviving spouse remains unmarried;
1-57 (3) survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor on
1-58 December 7, 1941, or their surviving spouses who have not
1-59 remarried;
1-60 (4) recipients of the Purple Heart medal or
1-61 recipients' surviving spouses who have not remarried;
1-62 (5) members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary,
1-63 Civil Air Patrol, members of the United States Coast Guard
1-64 Auxiliary;
1-65 (6) persons who served in a branch of the armed forces
1-66 of the United States after December 6, 1941, and before January 1,
1-67 1947;
1-68 (7) persons who served in a branch of the armed forces
2-1 of the United States after June 26, 1950, and before February 1,
2-2 1955;
2-3 (8) <(6)> persons who served in a branch of the armed
2-4 forces of the United States after August 4, 1964, and before May 8,
2-5 1975; or
2-6 (9) <(7)> persons who served in a branch of the armed
2-7 forces of the United States, were deployed to the Middle East, and
2-8 there participated in Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm.
2-9 (b) License plates issued to a member of a branch of the
2-10 armed forces, or to the individual's surviving spouse as provided
2-11 by Subsection (a)(2) of this section, shall bear the designation of
2-12 the appropriate branch of the armed forces. License plates issued
2-13 to Pearl Harbor survivors or their surviving spouses who have not
2-14 remarried shall bear the words "Pearl Harbor Survivor" and shall be
2-15 numbered consecutively. License plates issued to recipients, or
2-16 surviving spouses of recipients, of the Purple Heart medal shall
2-17 bear the Purple Heart emblem, shall bear the words "Purple Heart"
2-18 at the bottom of each plate, and if numbered plates are issued,
2-19 shall bear the letters "PH" as the prefix or suffix to the assigned
2-20 number. License plates issued to members of the civil air patrol
2-21 shall bear the words "Texas Wing Civil Air Patrol." License plates
2-22 issued to members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary shall bear the words
2-23 "Coast Guard Auxiliary." License plates issued to persons who
2-24 served in a branch of the armed forces of the United States after
2-25 December 6, 1941, and before January 1, 1947, shall bear the words
2-26 "WWII Veteran." License plates issued to persons who served in a
2-27 branch of the armed forces of the United States after June 26,
2-28 1950, and before February 1, 1955, shall bear the words "Korea
2-29 Veteran." License plates issued to persons who served in a branch
2-30 of the armed forces of the United States after August 4, 1964, and
2-31 before May 8, 1975, shall bear the words "Vietnam Veteran."
2-32 License plates issued to persons who served in a branch of the
2-33 armed forces of the United States, were deployed to the Middle
2-34 East, and there participated in Operation Desert Shield or Desert
2-35 Storm shall bear the words "Desert Storm."
2-36 (d) A person who applies for:
2-37 (1) armed forces license plates, Coast Guard
2-38 Auxiliary, or Civil Air Patrol license plates must submit proof
2-39 that the person is eligible to receive the plates;
2-40 (2) Pearl Harbor license plates must submit proof that
2-41 the person:
2-42 (A) served in the armed forces of the United
2-43 States;
2-44 (B) was stationed in the Hawaiian Islands on
2-45 December 7, 1941; and
2-46 (C) survived the attack on Pearl Harbor on
2-47 December 7, 1941; or
2-48 (D) is the surviving spouse of an individual who
2-49 meets the requirements of Paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this
2-50 subdivision;
2-51 (3) Purple Heart license plates must submit proof that
2-52 the person:
2-53 (A) has been awarded the Purple Heart medal and
2-54 is:
2-55 (i) an honorably discharged veteran of the
2-56 armed forces of the United States; or
2-57 (ii) a member of the armed forces of the
2-58 United States on active duty; or
2-59 (B)(i) is the surviving spouse of a recipient of
2-60 the Purple Heart medal who was an honorably discharged veteran of
2-61 the armed forces of the United States or a member of the armed
2-62 forces of the United States on active duty on the date of death;
2-63 and
2-64 (ii) has not remarried;
2-65 (4) World War II veteran license plates must submit
2-66 proof that the person served in a branch of the armed forces of the
2-67 United States after December 6, 1941, and before January 1, 1947,
2-68 and is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the
2-69 United States;
2-70 (5) Korean conflict veteran license plates must submit
3-1 proof that the person served in a branch of the armed forces of the
3-2 United States after June 26, 1950, and before February 1, 1955, and
3-3 is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the
3-4 United States;
3-5 (6) <(4)> Vietnam veteran license plates must submit
3-6 proof that the person served in a branch of the armed forces of the
3-7 United States after August 4, 1964, and before May 8, 1975, and:
3-8 (A) is an honorably discharged veteran of the
3-9 armed forces of the United States; or
3-10 (B) is a member of the armed forces of the
3-11 United States on active duty; and
3-12 (7) <(5)> Desert Storm license plates must submit
3-13 proof that the person served in a branch of the armed forces of the
3-14 United States, was deployed to the Middle East, and there
3-15 participated in Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm and:
3-16 (A) is an honorably discharged veteran of the
3-17 armed forces or reserve component of the armed forces of the United
3-18 States; or
3-19 (B) is a member of the armed forces of the
3-20 United States, a member of the Texas Army National Guard, a member
3-21 of the Texas Air National Guard, or a member of a reserve component
3-22 of the United States armed forces.
3-23 (l) A person may only be issued one set of armed forces
3-24 license plates, one set of civil air patrol license plates, one set
3-25 of Pearl Harbor license plates, one set of Coast Guard Auxiliary
3-26 license plates, one set of World War II veteran license plates, one
3-27 set of Korea veteran license plates, one set of Vietnam veteran
3-28 license plates, one set of Desert Storm license plates, and one set
3-29 of Purple Heart license plates. If the owner of a vehicle for
3-30 which plates, other than license plates depicting the capitol, are
3-31 issued under this section disposes of the vehicle during a
3-32 registration year, the person shall return the special plates to
3-33 the department, and at that time may apply for issuance of those
3-34 plates to another vehicle.
3-35 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
3-36 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-37 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-38 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-39 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-40 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-41 passage, and it is so enacted.
3-42 * * * * *
3-43 Austin,
3-44 Texas
3-45 May 17, 1993
3-46 Hon. Bob Bullock
3-47 President of the Senate
3-48 Sir:
3-49 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B. No.
3-50 70, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
3-51 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
3-52 pass, as amended, and be printed.
3-53 Harris of
3-54 Dallas, Chairman
3-55 * * * * *
3-56 WITNESSES
3-57 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 70.