By Morrison H.B. No. 428
77R1706 MTB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the fee for special license plates for Purple Heart
1-3 recipients.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 502.260(c), (e), and (f), Transportation
1-6 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-7 (c) The department shall issue license plates under this
1-8 section to a person who:
1-9 (1) applies to the department on a form prescribed by
1-10 the department;
1-11 (2) pays an annual fee of:
1-12 (A) $3 for the first set of license plates
1-13 issued under this section; and
1-14 (B) the applicable annual fee prescribed by
1-15 Section 502.161 [$15] for each additional set of license plates
1-16 issued under this section; and
1-17 (3) submits proof that the person has been awarded the
1-18 Purple Heart and is:
1-19 (A) an honorably discharged veteran of the
1-20 United States armed forces;
1-21 (B) a member of the United States armed forces
1-22 on active duty; or
1-23 (C) a civilian national of the United States who
1-24 is an employee or a former employee of a branch of the United
2-1 States armed forces.
2-2 (e) [A person who registers one or more vehicles under this
2-3 section is entitled to only one exemption from the fee under
2-4 Section 502.161.]
2-5 [(f)] If the owner of a vehicle registered under this
2-6 section disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the
2-7 owner shall return the special license plates to the department.
2-8 The owner may then apply for issuance of those plates to another
2-9 vehicle.
2-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
2-11 applies only to a registration fee for a registration period
2-12 beginning on or after that date.