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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of military specialty license plates; |
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providing an exemption from a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.202(e-1), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e-1) Other than license plates issued under Subsection |
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(h), license plates issued under this section to a person also |
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entitled to license plates issued under Section 504.308, 504.315, |
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[or] 504.316, or 504.319 may, at the request of the person, include |
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one emblem from the other license plates to which the person is |
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entitled. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.301, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Section 504.702 does not apply to a specialty license |
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plate issued under this subchapter. |
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SECTION 3. Section 504.3015(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person applying for a set of license plates under this |
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subchapter shall pay the registration fee required under Chapter |
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502 and the applicable special plate fee required under this |
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section, except that one set of license plates shall be issued under |
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Section 504.308, [or] 504.315, or 504.319 without the payment of |
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the registration fee. |
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SECTION 4. Section 504.315(a), Transportation Code, as |
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added by Chapter 709 (H.B. 559), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2011, is amended 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 and Bronze Star Medal with |
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Valor. License plates issued under this subsection must include |
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the Bronze Star Medal emblem and must include the words "Bronze Star |
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Medal" at the bottom of each plate. License plates issued under |
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this subsection to recipients of the Bronze Star Medal with Valor |
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that are not personalized must also include the letter "V" as a |
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prefix or suffix to the numerals on each plate. [Section 504.702
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does not apply to license plates authorized by this subsection.] |
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SECTION 5. Section 504.315(a), Transportation Code, as |
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added by Chapter 460 (S.B. 1755), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2011, is redesignated as Section 504.315(b), |
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Transportation Code, and amended to read as follows: |
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(b) [(a)] The department shall issue specialty license |
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plates for recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal. License |
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plates issued under this subsection must include the Distinguished |
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Service Medal emblem and the words "Distinguished Service Medal" at |
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the bottom of each plate. [Section 504.702 does not apply to
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license plates authorized by this subsection.] |
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SECTION 6. Section 504.315(h), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(h) The department shall issue special license plates for |
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recipients of the Silver Star Medal. License plates issued under |
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this subsection must include the Silver Star Medal emblem and must |
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include the words "Silver Star Medal" at the bottom of each |
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plate. [Section 504.702 does not apply to license plates
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authorized by this subsection.] |
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SECTION 7. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 504.319 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.319. DEFENSE SUPERIOR SERVICE MEDAL RECIPIENTS. |
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The department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients |
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of the Defense Superior Service Medal. License plates issued under |
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this section must include the words "Defense Superior Service |
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Medal" at the bottom of each plate. |
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SECTION 8. Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended 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, 504.315, |
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[Section 504.315(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h), or Section] |
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504.316, or 504.319 are displayed is exempt from the payment of a |
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parking fee collected through a parking meter charged by a |
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governmental authority other than a branch of the federal |
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government, when being 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), 504.315, [Section 504.315(a), (c), (d), (e),
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(f), (g), or (h), or Section] 504.316, or 504.319; |
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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 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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