1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the issuance of certain veterans license plates.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsections (c), (e), (f), and (g), Section
1-5 502.2555, Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-6 (c) The department shall issue license plates under this
1-7 section to a person who:
1-8 (1) applies to the department on a form prescribed by
1-9 the department;
1-10 (2) pays an annual fee of:
1-11 (A) $3 for the first set of license plates
1-12 issued under this section; and
1-13 (B) $15 for each additional set of license
1-14 plates issued under this section;
1-15 (3) submits proof that the person has been awarded the
1-16 Air Force Cross or Distinguished Service Cross, the Army
1-17 Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, or the Medal of Honor;
1-18 and
1-19 (4) submits proof that the person is:
1-20 (A) an honorably discharged veteran of the
1-21 United States armed forces; or
1-22 (B) a member of the United States armed forces
1-23 on active duty.
1-24 (e) A person who registers one or more vehicles under this
1-25 section is entitled to only one exemption [vehicle for which
2-1 license plates are issued under this section is exempt] from the
2-2 fee under Section 502.161.
2-3 (f) [A person may be issued only one set of license plates
2-4 under this section.]
2-5 [(g)] 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. Section 502.257, Transportation Code, is amended
2-11 by amending Subsections (a), (d), and (f) and adding Subsection (g)
2-12 to read as follows:
2-13 (a) A person is entitled to register under this section, for
2-14 the person's own use, passenger cars and light trucks [one
2-15 passenger car or light truck without payment of a registration fee]
2-16 if the person:
2-17 (1) was captured and incarcerated by an enemy of the
2-18 United States during a period of conflict with the United States;
2-19 and
2-20 (2) was not discharged from the United States armed
2-21 forces under conditions less than honorable.
2-22 (d) The fee for issuance of license plates under this
2-23 section is:
2-24 (1) $3 for the first set of license plates issued
2-25 under this section; and
2-26 (2) $15 for each additional set of license plates
3-1 issued under this section.
3-2 (f) If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section
3-3 disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner
3-4 shall return the special license plates to the department. The
3-5 owner may then apply for issuance of those plates to [register]
3-6 another vehicle [under this section without charge].
3-7 (g) A person who registers one or more vehicles under this
3-8 section is entitled to only one exemption from the fee under
3-9 Section 502.161.
3-10 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1353 passed the Senate on
April 11, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0, one
present, not voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1353 passed the House on
May 23, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor