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78R798 MTB-D

By:  Shapiro                                                      S.B. No. 172



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of special license plates for persons who 
served in Operation Enduring Freedom.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 502.2651 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2651.  ENDURING FREEDOM VETERANS. (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 and participated in Operation Enduring 
Freedom.
	(b)  License plates issued under this section must include 
the words "Enduring Freedom."
	(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 and  
participated in Operation Enduring Freedom;  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.
	(d)  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.
	(e)  Section 502.2526 does not apply to this section.                   
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.