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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to Bronze Star Medal specialty license plates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 372.053(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A toll project entity may establish a discount program |
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for electronic toll collection customers. The program must |
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include free or discounted use of the entity's toll project by an |
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electronic toll collection customer whose account relates to a |
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vehicle registered: |
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(1) under Section 504.202; |
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(2) under Section 504.315(a) or (g) [504.315(g)]; or |
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(3) by a person who has received the Medal of Honor. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.3015(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The fee for the issuance of one set of specialty license |
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plates issued under Section 504.315(a), (c) [504.315(c)], (d), or |
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(g) is $3. There is no additional fee for a specialty license plate |
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issued under another provision of this subchapter. |
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SECTION 3. Section 504.315, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (a) to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates for |
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recipients of the Bronze Star Medal. License plates issued under |
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this subsection must include the Bronze Star Medal emblem and must |
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include the words "Bronze Star Medal" at the bottom of each plate. |
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Section 504.702 does not apply to license plates authorized by this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 4. Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 115 (H.B. 2020) and 319 (H.B. 618), Acts of the |
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81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted and amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A vehicle on which license plates described by |
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Subsection (a)(2) or issued under Section 504.202, Section |
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504.315(a), (c) [504.315(c)], (d), (e), (f), or (g), or Section |
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504.316 are displayed is exempt from the payment of a parking fee |
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collected through a parking meter charged by a governmental |
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authority other than a branch of the federal government, when being |
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operated by or for the transportation of: |
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(1) the person who registered the vehicle under |
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Section 504.202(a), Section 504.315(a), (c) [504.315(c)], (d), |
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(e), (f), or (g), or Section 504.316; |
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(2) a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the |
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vehicle is registered under that subsection; or |
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(3) the owner or operator of a vehicle displaying |
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license plates described by Subsection (a)(2). |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |