1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1353
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 13, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
1-4 Military Installations; April 3, 2001, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 3, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the issuance of certain veterans license plates.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Subsections (c), (e), (f), and (g), Section
1-11 502.2555, Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-12 (c) The department shall issue license plates under this
1-13 section to a person who:
1-14 (1) applies to the department on a form prescribed by
1-15 the department;
1-16 (2) pays an annual fee of:
1-17 (A) $3 for the first set of license plates
1-18 issued under this section; and
1-19 (B) $15 for each additional set of license
1-20 plates issued under this section;
1-21 (3) submits proof that the person has been awarded the
1-22 Air Force Cross or Distinguished Service Cross, the Army
1-23 Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, or the Medal of Honor;
1-24 and
1-25 (4) submits proof that the person is:
1-26 (A) an honorably discharged veteran of the
1-27 United States armed forces; or
1-28 (B) a member of the United States armed forces
1-29 on active duty.
1-30 (e) A person who registers one or more vehicles under this
1-31 section is entitled to only one exemption [vehicle for which
1-32 license plates are issued under this section is exempt] from the
1-33 fee under Section 502.161.
1-34 (f) [A person may be issued only one set of license plates
1-35 under this section.]
1-36 [(g)] If the owner of a vehicle registered under this
1-37 section disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the
1-38 owner shall return the special license plates to the department.
1-39 The owner may then apply for issuance of those plates to another
1-40 vehicle.
1-41 SECTION 2. Section 502.257, Transportation Code, is amended
1-42 by amending Subsections (a), (d), and (f) and adding Subsection (g)
1-43 to read as follows:
1-44 (a) A person is entitled to register under this section, for
1-45 the person's own use, passenger cars and light trucks [one
1-46 passenger car or light truck without payment of a registration fee]
1-47 if the person:
1-48 (1) was captured and incarcerated by an enemy of the
1-49 United States during a period of conflict with the United States;
1-50 and
1-51 (2) was not discharged from the United States armed
1-52 forces under conditions less than honorable.
1-53 (d) The fee for issuance of license plates under this
1-54 section is:
1-55 (1) $3 for the first set of license plates issued
1-56 under this section; and
1-57 (2) $15 for each additional set of license plates
1-58 issued under this section.
1-59 (f) If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section
1-60 disposes of the vehicle during the registration year, the owner
1-61 shall return the special license plates to the department. The
1-62 owner may then apply for issuance of those plates to [register]
1-63 another vehicle [under this section without charge].
1-64 (g) A person who registers one or more vehicles under this
2-1 section is entitled to only one exemption from the fee under
2-2 Section 502.161.
2-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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