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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 state and |
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federal judges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.403, Transportation Code, as amended |
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by Chapter 1296 (H.B. 2357), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2011, and repealed by Chapter 1290 (H.B. 2017), Acts of the |
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82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is reenacted and amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.403. STATE AND FEDERAL JUDGES. (a) The department |
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shall issue specialty license plates for a current or visiting |
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state or federal judge. The license plates must include the words |
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"State Judge" or "U.S. Judge," as appropriate. |
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(b) [(d)] In this section, "state [: |
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[(2) "State] judge" means: |
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(A) a justice of the supreme court; |
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(B) a judge of the court of criminal appeals; |
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(C) a judge of a court of appeals of this state; |
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(D) a district court judge; |
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(E) a presiding judge of an administrative |
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judicial district; [or] |
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(F) a statutory county court judge; or |
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(G) a justice of the peace. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |