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AN ACT
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relating to Air Medal and Air Medal with Valor specialty license |
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plates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.315, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The department shall issue specialty license plates |
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for recipients of the Air Medal and Air Medal with Valor. License |
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plates issued under this subsection must include the Air Medal |
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emblem and must include the words "Air Medal" at the bottom of each |
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plate. License plates issued under this subsection to recipients |
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of the Air Medal with Valor that are not personalized must also |
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include the letter "V" as a prefix or suffix to the numerals on each |
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plate. Section 504.702 does not apply to license plates authorized |
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by this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A vehicle on which license plates described by |
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Subsection (a)(2) or issued under Section 504.202, 504.315, or |
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[Section 504.315(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h), or Section] |
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504.316 are displayed is exempt from the payment of a parking fee |
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collected through a parking meter charged by a governmental |
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authority other than a branch of the federal government, when being |
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operated by or for the transportation of: |
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(1) the person who registered the vehicle under |
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Section 504.202(a), 504.315, or [Section 504.315(a), (c), (d), (e),
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(f), (g), or (h), or Section] 504.316; |
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(2) a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the |
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vehicle is registered under that subsection; or |
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(3) the owner or operator of a vehicle displaying |
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license plates described by Subsection (a)(2). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2485 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 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. 2485 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |