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.