79R9426 JRJ-D

By:  Rose                                                         H.B. No. 2820


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to license plates for disabled veterans. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 504.202(b), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The department shall issue a specialty license plate for a motor vehicle that has a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity of two tons or less and that is owned by a veteran 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 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 immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2005.