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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain military specialty license plates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.311, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.311. SERVICE IN KOREA [KOREAN WAR VETERANS]. (a) |
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The department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who |
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served in the United States armed forces: |
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(1) during the period beginning on June 27 [after June
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26], 1950, and ending on July 27, 1954, and who received the |
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National Defense Service Medal; |
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(2) in a combat zone in Korea during the period |
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beginning on June 27, 1950, and ending on July 27, 1954, and who |
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received the Korean Service Medal; or |
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(3) in the Korean Demilitarized Zone beginning on July |
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28, 1954, and who received the Korean Defense Service Medal [before
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February 1, 1955]. |
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(b) License plates issued under this section must include |
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the words "Korea Veteran[.]" and bear a depiction of the |
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appropriate medal. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.312, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.312. VIETNAM VETERANS. (a) The department shall |
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issue specialty license plates for persons who served in the United |
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States armed forces [during]: |
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(1) during the period beginning on January 1, 1961, |
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and ending on August 14, 1974, and who received the National Defense |
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Service Medal; or |
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(2) in a combat zone in the Republic of Vietnam |
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during the period beginning on July 1, 1958 [February 28, 1961], |
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and ending on March 28, 1973, and who received the Vietnam Service |
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Medal [May 7, 1975, in the case of a veteran who served in the
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Republic of Vietnam during that period; or
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[(2)
the period beginning on August 5, 1964, and
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ending on May 7, 1975, in all other cases]. |
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(b) License plates issued under this section must include |
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the words "Vietnam Veteran[.]" and bear a depiction of the |
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appropriate medal. |
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SECTION 3. Section 504.313, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.313. DESERT SHIELD OR DESERT STORM VETERANS. (a) |
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The department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who |
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served in the United States armed forces: |
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(1) during the period beginning on [after] August 2, |
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[1,] 1990, and ending on November 30, 1995, and who received the |
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National Defense Service Medal; or |
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(2) in a combat zone in support of Operation Desert |
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Shield or Desert Storm during the period beginning on August 2, |
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1990, and ending on November 30, 1995, and who received the |
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Southwest Asia Service Medal [before April 12, 1991]. |
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(b) License plates issued under this section must include |
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the words "Desert Shield/Storm/Provide Comfort[.]" and bear a |
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depiction of the appropriate medal. |
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SECTION 4. 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 may include, on |
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request: |
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(1) the emblem of the veteran's branch of service; or |
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(2) one emblem from another license plate to which the |
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person is entitled under Section 504.308, 504.311, 504.312, |
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504.313, 504.3135, 504.314, 504.315, 504.316, 504.318, or 504.319. |
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SECTION 5. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is not |
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required to issue specialty license plates under Sections 504.311, |
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504.312, and 504.313, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, |
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until January 1, 2016. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |