1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to persons eligible to receive a license plate honoring
1-3 peace officers killed in the line of duty.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 502.289(a), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) The department shall issue specially designed license
1-8 [licensed] plates for a vehicle owned by:
1-9 (1) a person wounded in the line of duty as a peace
1-10 officer; or
1-11 (2) a surviving spouse, parent, brother, sister, or
1-12 adult child, including an adopted child or stepchild, of a person
1-13 killed in the line of duty as a peace officer.
1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 149 was passed by the House on May 8,
2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 149 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor