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.