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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to immediate |
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family members of a person who dies while serving in the United |
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States armed forces. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 504.408, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.408. GOLD STAR MOTHER, SPOUSE, OR FAMILY MEMBER |
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[MOTHERS]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.408, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The department shall issue a specialty license plate |
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[plates] for the mother, surviving spouse, or immediate family |
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member of a person who died while serving in the United States armed |
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forces. License plates issued under this section must include the |
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words "Gold Star Mother," "Gold Star Spouse," or "Gold Star Family" |
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and a gold star. A person may not be issued more than one set of the |
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license plates at a time. |
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(a-1) In this section "immediate family member" means the |
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parent, child, or sibling of a person who died while serving in the |
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United States armed forces. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |