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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to specialty license plates issued for peace officers |
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wounded or killed in the line of duty and eliminating the fee for |
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the issuance of those plates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.511, Transportation Code, is |
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transferred to Subchapter E, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, |
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redesignated as Section 504.407, Transportation Code, and amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.407 [504.511]. PEACE OFFICERS WOUNDED OR KILLED IN |
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LINE OF DUTY. (a) The department shall issue specialty license |
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plates for: |
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(1) a person wounded in the line of duty as a peace |
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officer; or |
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(2) a surviving spouse, parent, brother, sister, or |
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adult child, including an adopted child or stepchild, of a person |
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killed in the line of duty as a peace officer. |
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(b) The department shall design the license plates in a |
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manner that is different from the form of the plate used before |
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September 1, 2017 [License plates issued under this section must
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include the words "To Protect and Serve" above an insignia
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depicting a yellow rose superimposed over the outline of a badge]. |
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(c) [The fee for issuance of the license plates is $20.
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[(d)] In this section, "peace officer" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall |
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redesign the specialty license plates issued under Section 504.407, |
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Transportation Code, as transferred, redesignated, and amended by |
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this Act, not later than November 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |