Amend HB 344 by adding a new section to the bill,
appropriately numbered, to read as follows, and renumbering
subsequent sections of the bill appropriately:
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 502.293 to read as follows:
      Sec. 502.293.  COUNTY JUDGES.  (a)  The department shall
design and provide for the issuance of special license plates for
passenger cars and light trucks that are owned by persons who are
county judges of this state.
      (b)  License plates issued to county judges under this
section shall bear the words "County Judge."
      (c)  The department shall issue license plates under this
section to a person who:
            (1)  applies to the county tax collector in the county
of the person's residence on a form prescribed by the department;
            (2)  pays the fee prescribed by Subsection (d); and
            (3)  submits with the application proof that the person
is a county judge of this state.
      (d)  The fee for registration under this section and issuance
of the special license plates is the fee otherwise prescribed by
this chapter for the vehicle.
      (e)  Registration under this section is valid for one year
and expires in the same manner as do regular motor vehicle
registrations, except as provided by Subsection (f).
      (f)  Registration under this section expires when the owner
of the vehicle for which the special plates were issued ceases to
be a county judge. The judge shall return the special license
plates to the department.
      (g)  If the owner of a vehicle for which plates are issued
under this section disposes of the vehicle during a registration
year, the person shall return the special plates to the department,
and at that time may apply for issuance of those plates to another
vehicle.
      (h)  If license plates issued under this section are lost,
stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the plates
were issued may obtain replacement plates from the department by
paying a replacement fee of $5.
      (i)  In this section, "county judge" means the judge of the
county court established by Section 15, Article V, Texas
Constitution.