By: McClendon (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 127

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015; May 12, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of the Commendation 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 504.320 to read as follows:

Sec. 504.320. COMMENDATION MEDAL RECIPIENTS. The department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of the Commendation Medal for each branch of the military and for joint service. License plates issued under this section must include the emblem of the appropriate medal and must include the name of the medal at the bottom of each plate.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.

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