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          AN ACT
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        relating to the issuance of "In God We Trust" specialty license  | 
      
      
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        plates. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,  | 
      
      
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        is amended by adding Section 504.665 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 504.665.  IN GOD WE TRUST LICENSE PLATES. (a) The  | 
      
      
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        department shall issue specially designed license plates that  | 
      
      
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        include the words "In God We Trust." | 
      
      
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               (b)  After deduction of the department's administrative  | 
      
      
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        costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates  | 
      
      
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        shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund and may  | 
      
      
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        be appropriated only to the Texas Veterans Commission. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 315 was passed by the House on April  | 
      
      
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        16, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not  | 
      
      
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        voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.  | 
      
      
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        No. 315 on May 21, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1  | 
      
      
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        present, not voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 315 was passed by the Senate, with  | 
      
      
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        amendments, on May 20, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays  | 
      
      
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        0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate    | 
      
      
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        APPROVED: __________________ | 
      
      
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                      Governor        |