78R2632 JD-D
By: Farabee H.B. No. 798
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of disabled veteran license plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.254(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall issue special license plates for
motor vehicles with a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity of two
tons or less that are owned by veterans of the United States armed
forces. A veteran is entitled to register, for the person's own
use, two motor vehicles under this section if the person:
(1) has suffered, as a result of military service:
(A) at least a 50 [60] percent service-connected
disability; or
(B) a 40 percent service-connected disability
because of the amputation of a lower extremity; and
(2) receives compensation from the United States
because of the disability.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.