Bill Text: TX HB282 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for Gold Star family members and recipients of certain Texas military awards.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB282 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB282-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 282 |
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relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for Gold Star | ||
family members and recipients of certain Texas military awards. | ||
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, 504.325, [ |
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504.327, 504.331, 504.332, 504.333, 504.334, or 504.335. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Sections 504.331, 504.332, 504.333, 504.334, | ||
and 504.335 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 504.331. TEXAS HOMELAND DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL. The | ||
department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of | ||
the Texas Homeland Defense Service Medal. The license plates must | ||
include the Texas Homeland Defense Service Medal emblem and must | ||
include the words "Texas Homeland Defense Service Medal" at the | ||
bottom of each plate. | ||
Sec. 504.332. TEXAS SUPERIOR SERVICE MEDAL. The department | ||
shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of the Texas | ||
Superior Service Medal. The license plates must include the Texas | ||
Superior Service Medal emblem and must include the words "Texas | ||
Superior Service Medal" at the bottom of each plate. | ||
Sec. 504.333. LONE STAR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL. The | ||
department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of | ||
the Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal. The license plates must | ||
include the Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal emblem and must | ||
include the words "Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal" at the | ||
bottom of each plate. | ||
Sec. 504.334. TEXAS OUTSTANDING SERVICE MEDAL. The | ||
department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of | ||
the Texas Outstanding Service Medal. The license plates must | ||
include the Texas Outstanding Service Medal emblem and must include | ||
the words "Texas Outstanding Service Medal" at the bottom of each | ||
plate. | ||
Sec. 504.335. TEXAS MEDAL OF MERIT. The department shall | ||
issue specialty license plates for recipients of the Texas Medal of | ||
Merit. The license plates must include the Texas Medal of Merit | ||
emblem and must include the words "Texas Medal of Merit" at the | ||
bottom of each plate. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 504.512(a-1), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) In this section "immediate family member" means the | ||
parent, child, [ |
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foster parent, foster child, stepparent, or stepchild of a person | ||
who died while serving in the United States armed forces. | ||
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 282 was passed by the House on April | ||
20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 282 on May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 | ||
present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 282 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |