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78R5886 JTS-D

By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 1495



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of special airborne parachutist license 
plates.    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 502.2581 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2581.  AIRBORNE PARACHUTIST LICENSE PLATES.  (a)  
The department shall issue specially designed license plates for 
passenger cars and light trucks owned by active, retired, or 
honorably discharged members of the United States armed forces who 
have:
		(1)  satisfactorily completed the prescribed 
proficiency tests while assigned or attached to an airborne unit or 
the Airborne Department of the United States Army Infantry School; 
or
		(2)  participated in at least one combat parachute 
jump.             
	(b)  License plates issued under this section must include a 
likeness of the parachutist badge authorized by the Department of 
the Army.
	(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 annual fee prescribed by Subsection (e), 
in addition to the fee prescribed by Section 502.161, and, if 
personalized prestige license plates are issued, in addition to the 
fee prescribed by Section 502.251; and
		(3)  submits proof that the person is eligible under 
this section.   
	(d)  The department shall send 50 cents of each fee collected 
under this section to the county treasurer of the county in which 
the applicant resides.  The county treasurer shall credit money 
received under this section to the general fund of the county to pay 
the costs of administering this section.
	(e)  The annual fee for issuance of license plates under this 
section is:
		(1)  $10 for the first set of license plates;  and                     
		(2)  $15 for each additional set of license plates.                    
	(f)  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.