By: Gallego H.C.R. No. 138 73R9847 SRD-F CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, The issuance of special license plates for use on 1-2 private vehicles is a courtesy extended by the Texas Department of 1-3 Transportation to various officials of Texas state government and 1-4 of the federal government; and 1-5 WHEREAS, To avoid proliferation of this practice and thereby 1-6 prevent undue administrative costs, the 67th Legislature in the 1-7 1981 regular session adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 37, which 1-8 specified which officials should be eligible to receive "State 1-9 Official" license plates; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The 71st Legislature, in its 1989 regular session, 1-11 adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 70, which directed the State 1-12 Department of Highways and Public Transportation to issue "U.S. 1-13 Congress" plates to members of the Texas delegation to the United 1-14 States Senate and House of Representatives and to issue "U.S. 1-15 Judge" plates to justices of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1-16 federal district judges, and federal bankruptcy judges residing in 1-17 Texas; and 1-18 WHEREAS, It is also in order for the legislature to expand 1-19 its policy on the eligibility of federal-level officials for 1-20 special license plates; now, therefore, be it 1-21 RESOLVED, That the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas 1-22 hereby direct the Texas Department of Transportation to issue "U.S. 1-23 Judge" plates to magistrates of the United States district courts; 1-24 and, be it further 2-1 RESOLVED, That the issuance of such special license plates be 2-2 limited to two sets of plates for each official.