78R8628 DWS-D

By:  Wentworth                                                    S.B. No. 1697



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of special license plates for recipients 
of the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 502.2601 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.2601.  DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS MEDAL 
RECIPIENTS.  (a) The department shall issue specially designed 
license plates for passenger cars and light trucks owned by 
recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross Medal.
	(b)  The license plates must bear a depiction of the 
Distinguished Flying Cross Medal and the words "Distinguished 
Flying Cross Medal" at the bottom of each plate.
	(c)  The department shall issue license plates under this 
section to a person who:
		(1)  applies to the county tax assessor-collector of 
the county in which the person resides on a form provided by the 
department;
		(2)  pays an annual fee of $3 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 has been awarded the 
Distinguished Flying Cross Medal.
	(d)  If the license plates issued under this section are 
lost, stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the 
plates were issued may obtain replacement plates from the 
department by paying the replacement fee prescribed by Section 
502.184(a)(2).
	(e)  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.