78R755 JTS-D


By:  Corte                                                        H.B. No. 20 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of Desert Shield and Desert Storm license 
plates.  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 502.265(a) and (c), Transportation 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall issue specially designed license 
plates for passenger cars and light trucks owned by persons who 
served in the United States armed forces after August 1, 1990, and 
before April 12, 1991 [and were deployed to the Middle East, where 
they participated in Operation Desert Shield or Desert Storm].
	(c)  The department shall issue license plates under this 
section to a person who:
		(1)  applies to the department on a form prescribed by 
the department;      
		(2)  pays the fee prescribed by Section 502.161, and, 
if personalized prestige license plates are issued, the fee 
prescribed by Section 502.251;  and
		(3)  submits proof that the person:                                           
			(A)  served in the United States armed forces 
after August 1, 1990, and before April 12, 1991 [and was deployed to 
the Middle East, where the person participated in Operation Desert 
Shield or Desert Storm];  and
			(B)  is:                                                                     
				(i)  an honorably discharged veteran of the 
United States armed forces or reserve component of the United 
States armed forces;  or
				(ii)  a member of the United States armed 
forces, the Texas National Guard, or a reserve component of the 
United States armed forces.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.