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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for Vietnam |
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veterans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.312(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall issue: |
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(1) specialty license plates that include the Vietnam |
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Service Medal image to a veteran: |
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(A) who served in the United States armed forces |
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in the Republic of Vietnam or waters contiguous to the Republic of |
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Vietnam during the period beginning on February 28, 1961, and |
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ending on May 7, 1975; and |
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(B) whose United States Department of Defense |
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Form DD-214 lists either the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
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(Vietnam) or the Vietnam Service Medal; or |
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(2) specialty license plates that include the National |
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Defense Service Medal image to a veteran: |
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(A) who served in the United States armed forces |
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during the period beginning on August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, |
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1975; and |
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(B) whose United States Department of Defense |
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Form DD-214 lists the National Defense Service Medal but not a medal |
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described by Subdivision (1) [specialty license plates for persons
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who served in the United States armed forces:
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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 during
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the period beginning on July 1, 1958, and ending on March 28, 1973,
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and who received the Vietnam Service Medal]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |