By: Birdwell, Uresti  S.B. No. 597
         (In the Senate - Filed February 18, 2013; February 25, 2013,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
  March 27, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,
  Nays 0; March 27, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for certain
  Operation Enduring Freedom veterans.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 504.314, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 504.314.  ENDURING FREEDOM VETERANS. (a)  The
  department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who
  served in the United States armed services and participated in
  Operation Enduring Freedom.  The license plates must include the
  words "Enduring Freedom."
         (b)  The department shall issue specialty license plates for
  persons who served in the United States armed services and
  participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The
  license plates must include the words "Enduring Freedom
  Afghanistan."
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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