Bill Text: TX HB2503 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2503 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2503-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2503 | ||
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| relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for veterans | ||
| with disabilities and recipients of the Texas Humanitarian Service | ||
| Medal and federal Humanitarian Service Medal. | ||
| 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 504.307, 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, 504.325, | ||
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| SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Sections 504.331 and 504.332 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 504.331. TEXAS HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL. The | ||
| department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of | ||
| the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal. The license plates must | ||
| include: | ||
| (1) the words "Texas Humanitarian Service Medal"; and | ||
| (2) a depiction of the Texas Humanitarian Service | ||
| Medal emblem. | ||
| Sec. 504.332. FEDERAL HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL. The | ||
| department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of | ||
| the federal Humanitarian Service Medal. The license plates must | ||
| include: | ||
| (1) the words "Humanitarian Service Medal"; and | ||
| (2) a depiction of the federal Humanitarian Service | ||
| Medal emblem. | ||
| SECTION 3. It is the intent of the 88th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2023, that the amendments made by this Act be harmonized | ||
| with another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, | ||
| relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
| codes. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2503 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 6, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2503 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
