82R4021 VOO-D
 
  By: Lewis H.B. No. 657
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to honorary license plates for certain disabled veterans.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 504.202, Transportation
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 504.202.  VETERANS WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 504.2021 to read as follows:
         Sec. 504.2021. HONORARY LICENSE PLATES FOR VETERANS WITH
  DISABILITIES. (a)  The department shall issue specialty license
  plates for a veteran of the United States Armed Forces who has
  suffered, as a result of military service, a service-connected
  disability that does not meet the requirements of Section
  504.202(b)(1).
         (b)  License plates issued under this section must include
  the words "Disabled Veteran" and "U.S. Armed Forces" and must be
  clearly distinguishable from license plates issued under Section
  504.202.
         (c)  A person entitled to specialty license plates under this
  section may register, for the person's own use, one vehicle without
  payment of any fee other than the fee for the license plates under
  Subsection (d). Registration under this section is valid for one
  year.
         (d)  The fee for the first set of license plates is $3. There
  is no fee for each additional set of license plates. If a license
  plate is lost, stolen, or mutilated, on payment of a $1 fee the
  department shall issue a set of replacement plates.
         (e)  Eligibility to receive a license plate under this
  section does not qualify a person to receive a disabled parking
  placard under Section 681.004 unless the person otherwise qualifies
  for a placard under that section.
         (f)  A person entitled to license plates under this section
  may elect to receive license plates issued under Chapter 502 under
  the same conditions for the issuance of license plates under this
  section.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.