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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans |
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with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service |
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Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.202(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 504.307, 504.308, 504.309, |
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504.310(b), 504.311, 504.312, 504.313, 504.3135, 504.314, 504.315, |
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504.316, 504.3161, 504.318, 504.319, 504.320, 504.323, 504.325, |
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[or] 504.327, 504.331, or 504.332. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Sections 504.331 and 504.332 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 504.331. TEXAS HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL. The |
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department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of |
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the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal. The license plates must |
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include: |
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(1) the words "Texas Humanitarian Service Medal"; and |
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(2) a depiction of the Texas Humanitarian Service |
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Medal emblem. |
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Sec. 504.332. FEDERAL HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL. The |
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department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of |
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the federal Humanitarian Service Medal. The license plates must |
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include: |
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(1) the words "Humanitarian Service Medal"; and |
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(2) a depiction of the federal Humanitarian Service |
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Medal emblem. |
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SECTION 3. It is the intent of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023, that the amendments made by this Act be harmonized |
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with another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2503 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2023, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 6, 3 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2503 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |