By: Hegar S.B. No. 563

(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2013; February 20, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; March 25, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 25, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 563 By: Paxton

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 504.319 to read as follows:

Sec. 504.319. DEFENSE SUPERIOR SERVICE MEDAL RECIPIENTS. The department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal. License plates issued under this section must include the words "Defense Superior Service Medal" at the bottom of each plate.

SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 504.3015, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A person applying for a set of license plates under this subchapter shall pay the registration fee required under Chapter 502 and the applicable special plate fee required under this section, except that one set of license plates shall be issued under Section 504.308, [or] 504.315, or 504.319 without the payment of the registration fee.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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