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78R12824 JRJ-D


By:  Smith of Tarrant                                             H.B. No. 528

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 528:                                    

By:  Delisi                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 528



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to Vietnam Veterans license plates.                                  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 502.264, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.264.  VIETNAM VETERANS.  (a) The department shall 
issue specially designed license plates for each type of vehicle 
subject to registration under this chapter [passenger cars and 
light trucks] owned by persons who served in the United States armed 
forces during:
		(1)  the period beginning on February 28, 1961, and 
ending on May 7, 1975, in the case of a veteran who served in the 
Republic of Vietnam during that period;  or
		(2)  the period beginning on August 5, 1964, and ending 
on May 7, 1975, in all other cases.
	(b)  License plates issued under this section must include 
the words "Vietnam Veteran", and the department shall design the 
license plates.  The department may vary the design according to the 
type of vehicle for which the license plates are issued.
	(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 any applicable [the] fee prescribed by 
Subchapter D [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 is eligible under 
Subsection (a) to be issued the license plates and is:
			(A)  an honorably discharged veteran of the United 
States armed forces; or 
			(B)  a member of the United States armed forces on 
active duty.            
	(d)  If license plates issued under this section are lost, 
stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the license 
plates were issued may obtain replacement plates from the 
department by paying the fee prescribed by Section 502.184(a)(2).  
If the owner of a vehicle registered under this section disposes of 
the vehicle during the registration year, the owner shall return 
the special license plates to the department.  The owner may then 
apply for issuance of those plates to another vehicle.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.