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	Amend CSHB 3097 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.