1-1 By: Hill (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 1164 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 1993; 1-3 May 13, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State 1-4 Affairs; May 28, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 28, 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 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-22 AN ACT 1-23 relating to special license plates for peace officers wounded or 1-24 killed in the line of duty. 1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-26 SECTION 1. Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the 41st 1-27 Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-1 et seq., 1-28 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 5p to 1-29 read as follows: 1-30 Sec. 5p. (a) The department shall design and provide for 1-31 the issuance of special license plates for a vehicle that is owned 1-32 by: 1-33 (1) a person wounded in the line of duty as a peace 1-34 officer; or 1-35 (2) a surviving spouse, parent, or adult child of a 1-36 person killed in the line of duty as a peace officer. 1-37 (b) License plates issued under this section must bear an 1-38 insignia depicting a yellow rose superimposed on the outline of a 1-39 badge with the words "To Protect and Serve" inscribed above. 1-40 (c) The department shall issue license plates under this 1-41 section to a person who: 1-42 (1) applies to the department on a form prescribed by 1-43 the department; 1-44 (2) pays the fee prescribed by Subsection (e) of this 1-45 section; and 1-46 (3) submits with the application proof, acceptable to 1-47 the department, that the person is eligible to receive the license 1-48 plates. 1-49 (d) A person applying for license plates under this section 1-50 may: 1-51 (1) have a license plate number assigned by the 1-52 department; or 1-53 (2) apply for personalized prestige license plates 1-54 under Section 5c of this Act. 1-55 (e) The fee for issuance of special license plates under 1-56 this section is $20 a year. This fee is in addition to the motor 1-57 vehicle registration fee imposed by Section 5 of this Act and, if 1-58 personalized prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the 1-59 fee imposed by Section 5c of this Act. The department shall 1-60 deposit fees collected under this section in the state treasury to 1-61 the credit of the state highway fund. 1-62 (f) If the owner of a vehicle for which plates are issued 1-63 under this section disposes of the vehicle during a registration 1-64 year, the person shall return the special license plates to the 1-65 department. 1-66 (g) A person eligible for license plates under this section 1-67 as a surviving spouse of a person killed in the line of duty as a 1-68 peace officer does not become ineligible because the person 2-1 remarries. 2-2 (h) For the purposes of this section, "peace officer" has 2-3 the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code. 2-4 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 2-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 2-10 * * * * * 2-11 Austin, 2-12 Texas 2-13 May 28, 1993 2-14 Hon. Bob Bullock 2-15 President of the Senate 2-16 Sir: 2-17 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B. 2-18 No. 1164, have had the same under consideration, and I am 2-19 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation 2-20 that it do pass and be printed. 2-21 Harris of 2-22 Dallas, Chairman 2-23 * * * * * 2-24 WITNESSES 2-25 No witnesses appeared on H.B. 1164.