BILL ANALYSIS

S.B. 530

By: Birdwell

Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties report that many disabled veterans desire to have their specialty license plates identify the branch of the military in which they served.  S.B. 530 seeks to fulfill that request by authorizing the issuance of disabled veteran license plates that include the emblem of the veteran's branch of service. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

S.B. 530 amends the Transportation Code to authorize a specialty license plate issued to a disabled veteran, on request, to include the emblem of the veteran's branch of service or one emblem from another license plate to which the person is entitled under provisions relating to the issuance of a specialty license plate for recipients of certain military medals, former prisoners of war, and Pearl Harbor survivors.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2013.