By: Hill H.B. No. 1164 73R1593 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to special license plates for peace officers wounded or 1-3 killed in the line of duty. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the 41st 1-6 Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-1 et seq., 1-7 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 5p to 1-8 read as follows: 1-9 Sec. 5p. (a) The department shall design and provide for 1-10 the issuance of special license plates for a vehicle that is owned 1-11 by: 1-12 (1) a person wounded in the line of duty as a peace 1-13 officer; or 1-14 (2) a surviving spouse, parent, or adult child of a 1-15 person killed in the line of duty as a peace officer. 1-16 (b) License plates issued under this section must bear an 1-17 insignia depicting a yellow rose superimposed on the outline of a 1-18 badge with the words "To Protect and Serve" inscribed above. 1-19 (c) The department shall issue license plates under this 1-20 section to a person who: 1-21 (1) applies to the department on a form prescribed by 1-22 the department; 1-23 (2) pays the fee prescribed by Subsection (e) of this 1-24 section; and 2-1 (3) submits with the application proof, acceptable to 2-2 the department, that the person is eligible to receive the license 2-3 plates. 2-4 (d) A person applying for license plates under this section 2-5 may: 2-6 (1) have a license plate number assigned by the 2-7 department; or 2-8 (2) apply for personalized prestige license plates 2-9 under Section 5c of this Act. 2-10 (e) The fee for issuance of special license plates under 2-11 this section is Twenty Dollars ($20.00) a year. This fee is in 2-12 addition to the motor vehicle registration fee imposed by Section 5 2-13 of this Act and, if personalized prestige license plates are 2-14 issued, in addition to the fee imposed by Section 5c of this Act. 2-15 Any additional fee that a county may impose under this Act for 2-16 registering a vehicle does not apply to a vehicle receiving special 2-17 license plates under this section. The department shall deposit 2-18 fees collected under this section in the state treasury to the 2-19 credit of the state highway fund. 2-20 (f) If the owner of a vehicle for which plates are issued 2-21 under this section disposes of the vehicle during a registration 2-22 year, the person shall return the special license plates to the 2-23 department. 2-24 (g) A person eligible for license plates under this section 2-25 as a surviving spouse of a person killed in the line of duty as a 2-26 peace officer does not become ineligible because the person 2-27 remarries. 3-1 (h) For the purposes of this section, "peace officer" has 3-2 the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code. 3-3 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 3-4 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 3-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.