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