Amend HB 2017 (house committee printing) on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. The heading to Section 502.401, 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 ____. Subchapter E, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 504.4015 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.4015. STATE OFFICIALS: JUDICIAL BRANCH. (a) The department shall issue without charge specialty license plates to a current state judge. The license plates must include the words "State Judge."
(b) A state judge may be issued three sets of license plates under this section.
(c) The license plates remain valid until December 31 of each year.
(d) In this section, "state judge" means:
(1) a justice of the supreme court;
(2) a judge of the court of criminal appeals;
(3) a judge of a court of appeals;
(4) a district court judge;
(5) a presiding judge of an administrative judicial district; or
(6) a statutory county court judge.
SECTION ____. The heading to Section 504.402, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 504.402. FEDERAL OFFICIALS: 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 ____. Subchapter E, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 504.4025 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.4025. FEDERAL OFFICIALS: JUDICIAL BRANCH. (a) The department shall issue without charge specialty license plates for a federal judge. The license plates must include the words "U.S. Judge."
(b) A federal judge may be issued three sets of license 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 this state;
(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 ____. Sections 504.403, 504.404, and 504.406, Transportation Code, are repealed.