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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to certain |
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family members of a person who dies while serving in the United |
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States armed forces. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 504.408, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.408. GOLD STAR MOTHER, FATHER, SPOUSE, OR FAMILY |
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MEMBER. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.408(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall issue a specialty license plate for |
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the mother, father, or surviving spouse[,] or an immediate family |
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member of a person who died while serving in the United States armed |
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forces. License plates issued under this section must include the |
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words "Gold Star Mother," "Gold Star Father," "Gold Star Spouse," |
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or "Gold Star Family" and a gold star. A person may not be issued |
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more than one set of the license plates at a time. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |