Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By Walker H.B. No. 3220 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the identification of a motor vehicle that is issued 1-3 exempt license plates. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 3aa, Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of 1-6 the 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-3aa, 1-7 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (g) 1-8 to read as follows: 1-9 (g)(1) The Department is prohibited from issuing exempt 1-10 license plates for a vehicle that is owned by the United States, 1-11 this state, or a political subdivision of this state unless when 1-12 application is made for registration of the vehicle, the person who 1-13 under Section 3(c) of this Act has proper authority to certify to 1-14 the department that the vehicle qualifies for registration under 1-15 that section also certifies in writing to the Department that there 1-16 is printed on each side of the vehicle, in letters that are at 1-17 least two inches high or an emblem not less than 100 square inches 1-18 in size and of a color sufficiently different from the body of the 1-19 vehicle to be clearly legible from a distance of 100 feet, the name 1-20 of the agency, department, bureau, board, commission, or officer of 1-21 the United States, this state or political subdivision of this 1-22 state that has custody of that vehicle. 1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-24 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses creates an 2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.