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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of Army of Occupation Medal specialty |
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license plates; providing an exemption from a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.202(e-1), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e-1) Other than license plates issued under Subsection |
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(h), license plates issued under this section may include, on |
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request: |
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(1) the emblem of the veteran's branch of service; or |
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(2) one emblem from another license plate to which the |
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person is entitled under Section 504.308, 504.309, 504.310(b), |
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504.311, 504.312, 504.313, 504.3135, 504.314, 504.315, 504.316, |
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504.3161, 504.318, 504.319, 504.320, or 504.323, as added by |
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Chapter 1085 (H.B. 3567), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2017. |
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SECTION 2. 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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without the payment of the registration fee under: |
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(1) Section 504.308; |
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(2) Section 504.310(b); |
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(3) Section 504.315, other than Subsections (c) and |
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(q) of that section; and |
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(4) [(3)] Section 504.319. |
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SECTION 3. Section 504.310, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.310. WORLD WAR II VETERANS AND CERTAIN MEDAL |
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RECIPIENTS. (a) The department shall issue specialty license |
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plates for persons who served in the United States or Allied armed |
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forces during World War II. License [The license] plates issued |
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under this subsection must include the words "WWII Veteran." |
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(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates for |
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recipients of the Army of Occupation Medal. License plates issued |
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under this subsection must include the Army of Occupation Medal |
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emblem and must include the words "Army of Occupation Medal" at the |
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bottom of the plate. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |