(d) This subsection applies only to a motor vehicle in this state that is a self-insured motor vehicle and damaged to the extent it becomes a nonrepairable or salvage motor vehicle. The owner of a motor vehicle to which this subsection applies shall submit to the department before the 31st business day after the date of the damage, in a manner prescribed by the department, a statement that the motor vehicle was self-insured and damaged. When the owner submits a report, the owner shall surrender the ownership document and apply for a nonrepairable vehicle title, nonrepairable record of title, salvage vehicle title, or salvage record of title.

(2) On page 192, line 7, insert the following new SECTIONS and renumber accordingly:

SECTION ____. Section 501.301, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 504.301. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO MILITARY SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES. (a) Unless expressly provided by this subchapter or department rule:

(1) the department shall design specialty license plates for the military; and

(2) a person is not eligible to be issued a specialty license plate under this subchapter if the person was discharged from the armed forces under conditions less than honorable.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the department may design the wording on the specialty license plates to accomodate legibility and reflectivity.

SECTION ____. Section 504.3011(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) License plates issued under Section 504.303 must at a minimum:

(1) bear a color depiction of the emblem of the appropriate branch of the United States armed forces; and

(2) include the words "Honorably Discharged" for license plates issued to former members of the United States armed forces.

(3) On page 196, line 5, insert a new SECTION and renumber accordingly.

SECTION ____. Section 504.501(b), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) A person eligible for the license plates may instead use license plates that were issued by this state in the same year as the model year of the vehicle and are approved by the department [~~if the plates are approved for the vehicle before January 1, 2011~~]. The department may require the attachment of a registration insignia to the license plate in a manner that does not affect the display of information originally on the license plate.

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