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            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients | 
         
            |  | of the Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Section 504.315, Transportation Code, is amended | 
         
            |  | by adding Subsection (r) to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | (r)  The department shall issue specialty license plates for | 
         
            |  | recipients of the Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal.  License | 
         
            |  | plates issued under this subsection must include the Borinqueneers | 
         
            |  | Congressional Gold Medal emblem and must include the words | 
         
            |  | "Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal" at the bottom of each | 
         
            |  | plate.  License plates issued under this subsection that are not | 
         
            |  | personalized must also include the letter "B" as a prefix or suffix | 
         
            |  | to the numerals on each plate. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
         
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            |  | I certify that H.B. No. 912 was passed by the House on April | 
         
            |  | 23, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 2, 2 present, not | 
         
            |  | voting. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
         
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            |  | I certify that H.B. No. 912 was passed by the Senate on May | 
         
            |  | 21, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
         
            |  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
         
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            |  | Governor |