1-1 By: Carona S.B. No. 171
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 18, 1999; January 28, 1999,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
1-4 Military Installations; February 23, 1999, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; February 23, 1999, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to expanding the Legion of Valor license plate privilege
1-10 to the unmarried surviving spouses of veterans.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 502.266, Transportation Code, is amended
1-13 to read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 502.266. SURVIVING SPOUSES OF CERTAIN MILITARY
1-15 VETERANS. (a) The surviving spouse of a person who would be
1-16 eligible for license plates under Section 502.254 is entitled to
1-17 continue to register one motor vehicle under that section as long
1-18 as the spouse remains unmarried.
1-19 (b) The surviving spouse of a person who would be eligible
1-20 for license plates under Section 502.2555 is entitled to register
1-21 one motor vehicle under that section as long as the spouse remains
1-22 unmarried.
1-23 (c) The surviving spouse of a person who would be eligible
1-24 for license plates under Section 502.257 is entitled to register
1-25 one motor vehicle under that section as long as the spouse remains
1-26 unmarried.
1-27 (d) [(c)] The surviving spouse of a person who was killed in
1-28 action while serving in the United States armed forces is entitled
1-29 to register one or more motor vehicles under Section 502.258 as
1-30 long as the spouse remains unmarried.
1-31 (e) [(d)] The surviving spouse of a person who would be
1-32 eligible for license plates under Section 502.259 or 502.260 is
1-33 eligible to register one or more motor vehicles under that section
1-34 as long as the spouse remains unmarried.
1-35 (f) [(e)] The surviving spouse of a person who would be
1-36 eligible for license plates under Section 502.264 is eligible to
1-37 register one or more motor vehicles under that section.
1-38 (g) [(f)] An applicant for registration under this section
1-39 must submit proof of the eligibility of the applicant's deceased
1-40 spouse for registration under Section 502.254, 502.2555, 502.257,
1-41 502.258, 502.259, 502.260, or 502.264, as applicable.
1-42 (h) [(g)] The county assessor-collector shall require an
1-43 applicant for registration under this section to make a statement
1-44 that the spouse is unmarried. The statement must be sworn if the
1-45 spouse renews a registration under Section 502.257, 502.259, or
1-46 502.260.
1-47 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-48 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-49 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-50 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-51 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-52 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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