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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor |
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recipients of certain military awards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 504.320, Transportation |
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Code, as added by Chapter 708 (H.B. 1128), Acts of the 84th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.320. RECIPIENTS OF CERTAIN COMBAT BADGES, MEDALS, |
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OR RIBBONS [ACTION BADGE, MEDAL, OR RIBBON RECIPIENTS]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.320, Transportation Code, as added |
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by Chapter 708 (H.B. 1128), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2015, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending |
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Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) The department shall issue specialty license plates |
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for recipients of the Combat Medical Badge. License plates issued |
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under this subsection must include the Combat Medical Badge emblem |
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and must include the words "Combat Medical Badge" at the bottom of |
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each plate. |
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(d) A specialty license plate issued under this section for |
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a badge or ribbon that may be awarded more than once shall [For
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purposes of Subsections (a) and (c), if a branch of the United
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States armed forces awards a Combat Action Badge or Ribbon with a
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unique emblem for each award of the Combat Action Badge or Ribbon to
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a recipient, the department shall only issue specialty license
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plates that] include only the [unique] emblem of the first award |
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badge or ribbon. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 504.323 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.323. TOMB GUARD. The department shall issue |
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specialty license plates for persons who serve or have served in the |
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Third United States Infantry Regiment as a guard for the Tomb of the |
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Unknown Soldier and are awarded the Guard, Tomb of the Unknown |
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Soldier Identification Badge. The license plates must include a |
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likeness of the Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification |
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Badge and must include the words "Tomb Guard" at the bottom of each |
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plate. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2115 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, 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. 2115 on May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2115 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 19, 2017, 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 |