By: Schwertner  S.B. No. 697
         (In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2021; March 11, 2021,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs &
  Border Security; April 7, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;
  April 7, 2021, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 697 By:  Hall
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor
  members of the United States Army Special Forces.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 504.202(e-1), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e-1)  Other than license plates issued under Subsection
  (h), license plates issued under this section may include, on
  request:
               (1)  the emblem of the veteran's branch of service; or
               (2)  one emblem from another license plate to which the
  person is entitled under Section 504.308, 504.309, 504.310(b),
  504.311, 504.312, 504.313, 504.3135, 504.314, 504.315, 504.316,
  504.3161, 504.318, 504.319, 504.320, 504.323, [as added by Chapter
  1085 (H.B. 3567), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session,
  2017, or] 504.325, or 504.327.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 504.327 to read as follows:
         Sec. 504.327.  UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL FORCES. The
  department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who
  serve or have served in the United States armed services and have
  earned Special Forces qualifications.  The license plates must
  include:
               (1)  the words "Army Special Forces"; and
               (2)  a depiction of the United States Army Special
  Forces shoulder sleeve insignia with the Special Forces Tab.
         SECTION 3.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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