81R23360 JAM-D
 
  By: Pickett, Truitt H.B. No. 965
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 965:
 
  By:  Pickett C.S.H.B. No. 965
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for disabled
  veterans.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 504.202(b) and (g), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A veteran of the United States armed forces is entitled
  to register, for the person's own use, [two] motor vehicles under
  this section if:
               (1)  the person 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;
               (2)  the person receives compensation from the United
  States because of the disability; and
               (3)  the motor vehicle:
                     (A)  is owned by the person; and
                     (B)  has a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity
  of two tons or less.
         (g)  A person who receives [two sets of] license plates under
  this section may receive a [two] disabled parking placard 
  [placards] under Section 681.004 for each set of license plates
  without providing additional documentation.
         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, 2009.