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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to specialty license plates to honor certain Purple Heart |
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recipients. |
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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 372.053, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 372.053. [VETERAN] DISCOUNT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN |
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VETERANS AND PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS. |
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SECTION 2. Section 372.053(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A toll project entity may establish a discount program |
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for electronic toll collection customers. The program must |
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include free or discounted use of the entity's toll project by an |
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electronic toll collection customer whose account relates to a |
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vehicle registered under Section 504.202, [or] 504.315(f) or (g), |
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or 504.5115. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 504.5115 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.5115. CERTAIN PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS. (a) The |
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department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of a |
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Purple Heart awarded by the Department of Public Safety or another |
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law enforcement agency in this state. |
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(b) The fee for issuance of one set of the license plates is |
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$3. |
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(c) A person issued specialty license plates under this |
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section shall be issued one set of the license plates without |
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payment of the registration fee required under Chapter 502. |
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SECTION 4. The heading to Section 681.008, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 681.008. PARKING PRIVILEGES: CERTAIN VETERANS AND |
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[MILITARY] AWARD RECIPIENTS. |
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SECTION 5. Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A vehicle on which license plates described by |
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Subsection (a)(2) or issued under Section 504.202, 504.308, |
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504.310, 504.315, 504.316, [or] 504.319, or 504.5115 are displayed |
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is exempt from the payment of a parking fee collected through a |
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parking meter charged by a governmental authority other than a |
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branch of the federal government, when being operated by or for the |
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transportation of: |
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(1) the person who registered the vehicle under |
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Section 504.202(a), 504.308, 504.310, 504.315, 504.316, [or] |
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504.319, or 504.5115; |
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(2) a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the |
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vehicle is registered under that subsection; or |
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(3) the owner or operator of a vehicle displaying |
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license plates described by Subsection (a)(2). |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |