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Amend HB 2357 (second reading engrossment) on third reading as follows:
(1)  Strike the first added Subsection (d) in redesignated Section 501.1001, Transportation Code (page 50, line 20 through page 51, line 2).
(2)  In added Section 501.176(c), Transportation Code (page 82, line 13), after "accordance", add "with".
(3)  In added Section 502.191(d), Transportation Code (page 136, line 18), between "accordance" and "Section", add "with".
(4)  Strike SECTION 186 of the bill, amending Section 504.3011(a), Transportation Code (page 203, lines 4 through 12), and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.
(5)  In SECTION 187 of the bill, in amended Section 504.3011, Transportation Code (page 203), strike lines 22 through 27 and substitute the following:
[(c)]  The department shall design military license plates that:
(1)  bear a color depiction of the emblem of the appropriate branch of the United States armed forces or a color depiction of the appropriate medal as provided by the United States Department of Defense; and
(2)  include the words "Honorably Discharged" for license plates issued to former members of the United States armed forces [to which this section applies in consultation with veterans organizations].
(6)  In SECTION 254 of the bill, repealing Section 19, Chapter 1136, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (page 244, lines 20), between the period and "Section" insert "(a)".
(7)  In SECTION 254 of the bill, repealing Section 19, Chapter 1136, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (page 244, between lines 21 and 22), insert the following:
(b)  This section takes effect August 31, 2011.
(8)  In SECTION 260 of the bill, the effective date (page 246, line 1), strike "This" and substitute "Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this".
(9)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____.  (a) Section 502.161, Transportation Code, is amended by adding subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1)  For purposes of Subsection (a), a light truck that weighs 6,000 pounds or less is considered a passenger car.
(b)  This section takes effect August 31, 2011.