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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 to honor |
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recipients of the Commendation Medal with Valor and Military |
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Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.3015(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person applying for a set of license plates under this |
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subchapter shall pay the registration fee required under Chapter |
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502 and the applicable special plate fee required under this |
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section, except that one set of license plates shall be issued |
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[under Section 504.308, 504.315, or 504.319] without the payment of |
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the registration fee under: |
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(1) Section 504.308; |
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(2) Section 504.315, other than Subsections (c) and |
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(q) of that section; and |
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(3) Section 504.319. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.315, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (c) and (q) to read as follows: |
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(c) The department shall issue specialty license plates for |
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recipients of the Commendation Medal with Valor for each branch of |
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the military and for joint service. License plates issued under |
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this subsection must include the appropriate Commendation Medal |
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emblem and must include the name of the medal at the bottom of each |
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plate. License plates issued under this subsection that are not |
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personalized must also include the letter "V" as a prefix or suffix |
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to the numerals on each plate. |
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(q) The department shall issue specialty license plates for |
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recipients of the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal. |
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License plates issued under this subsection must include the |
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Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal emblem and must |
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include the words "Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal" at |
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the bottom of each plate. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |