85R3183 JRR-D
 
  By: Watson S.B. No. 769
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients
  of the Combat Medical Badge.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 504.320, Transportation
  Code, as added by Chapter 708 (H.B. 1128), Acts of the 84th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 504.320.  RECIPIENTS OF CERTAIN COMBAT BADGES, MEDALS,
  OR RIBBONS [ACTION BADGE, MEDAL, OR RIBBON RECIPIENTS].
         SECTION 2.  Section 504.320, Transportation Code, as added
  by Chapter 708 (H.B. 1128), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2015, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending
  Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  The department shall issue specialty license plates
  for recipients of the Combat Medical Badge. License plates issued
  under this subsection must include the Combat Medical Badge emblem
  and must include the words "Combat Medical Badge" at the bottom of
  each plate.
         (d)  A specialty license plate issued under this section for
  a badge or ribbon that may be awarded more than once shall [For
  purposes of Subsections (a) and (c), if a branch of the United
  States armed forces awards a Combat Action Badge or Ribbon with a
  unique emblem for each award of the Combat Action Badge or Ribbon to
  a recipient, the department shall only issue specialty license
  plates that] include only the [unique] emblem of the first award
  badge or ribbon.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.