Amend CSHB 300 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the 
bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  The heading to Section 504.401, 
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 504.401.  STATE OFFICIALS: EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE 
BRANCHES.   
	SECTION ____.  Sections 504.401(b) and (d), Transportation 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A state official may be issued four [three] sets of 
license plates under this section.
	(d)  In this section, "state official" means:                                  
		(1)  a member of the legislature;                                             
		(2)  the governor;                                                            
		(3)  the lieutenant governor;                                                 
		(4)  [a justice of the supreme court;                        
		[(5)  a judge of the court of criminal appeals;              
		[(6)]  the attorney general;                                 
		(5) [(7)]  the commissioner of the General Land Office;
		(6) [(8)]  the comptroller;                           
		(7) [(9)]  a member of the Railroad Commission of 
Texas;
		(8) [(10)]  the commissioner of agriculture;          
		(9) [(11)]  the secretary of state; or                
		(10) [(12)]  a member of the State Board of Education.
	SECTION ____.  The heading to Section 504.402, 
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 504.402.  FEDERAL OFFICIALS: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
[MEMBERS OF CONGRESS]. 
	SECTION ____.  Section 504.402(b), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A person may be issued four [three] sets of license 
plates under this section.
	SECTION ____.  The heading to Section 504.403, 
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 504.403.  STATE OFFICIALS: JUDICIAL BRANCH [AND FEDERAL 
JUDGES].
	SECTION ____.  Sections 504.403(a) and (d), Transportation 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall issue without charge specialty 
license plates for a current [or visiting] state [or federal] 
judge.  The license plates must include the words "State Judge" [or 
"U.S. Judge," as appropriate].
	(d)  In this section,[:                                
		[(1)  "Federal judge" means:                                 
			[(A)  a judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of 
Appeals;      
			[(B)  a judge or magistrate of a United States 
district court; or
			[(C)  a judge of a United States bankruptcy court.          
		[(2)]  "state [State] judge" means:  
		(1) [(A)]  a justice of the supreme court;            
		(2) [(B)]  a judge of the court of criminal appeals;  
		(3) [(C)]  a judge of a court of appeals;             
		(4) [(D)]  a district court judge;                    
		(5) [(E)]  a presiding judge of an administrative 
judicial district;  or
		(6) [(F)]  a statutory county court judge.            
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter E, Chapter 504, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 504.4031 to read as follows:
	Sec. 504.4031.  FEDERAL OFFICIALS: JUDICIAL BRANCH.  (a)  
The department shall issue without charge specialty license plates 
for a current federal judge.  The license plates must include the 
words "U.S. Judge."
	(b)  A person may be issued three sets of plates under this 
section.  
	(c)  The license plates remain valid until December 31 of 
each year.  
	(d)  In this section, "federal judge" means:                            
		(1)  a justice of the United States Supreme Court whose 
primary residence is in Texas;
		(2)  a judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; or                 
		(3)  a judge of a United States District Court.                        
	SECTION ____.  The heading to Section 504.405, 
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 504.405.  COUNTY OFFICIALS: COUNTY JUDGES.                         
	SECTION ____.  Section 504.405, Transportation Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to 
read as follows:
	(b)  A person may be issued two [three] sets of license 
plates under this section.
	(b-1)  The license plates remain valid until December 31 of 
each year.
	SECTION ____.  Section 504.406, Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 504.406.  COUNTY OFFICIALS: [TEXAS] CONSTABLES.  (a)
The department shall issue without charge specialty license plates 
for current [Texas] constables of this state.  The license plates 
shall bear the words "County [Texas] Constable."
	(b)  A person may be issued only one set of license plates 
under this section.
	(c)  The license plates remain valid until December 31 of 
each year.  
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter E, Chapter 504, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 504.4061 to read as follows:
	Sec. 504.4061.  COUNTY OFFICIALS: SHERIFFS.  (a)  The 
department shall issue without charge specialty license plates for 
current sheriffs of this state.  The license plates shall bear the 
words "County Sheriff."
	(b)  A person may be issued one set of license plates under 
this section.
	(c)  The license plates remain valid until December 31 of 
each year.  
	SECTION ____.  Section 504.404, Transportation Code, is 
repealed.            
	SECTION ____.  The changes to Sections 504.401, 504.402, 
504.403, 504.405, and 504.406, Transportation Code, as amended by 
this Act, and Sections 504.4031 and 504.4061, Transportation Code, 
as added by this Act, take effect January 1, 2010.