Bill Text: TX SB225 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of Army of Occupation Medal specialty license plates; providing an exemption from a fee.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-20 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB225 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB225-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 225

AN ACT
relating to the issuance of Army of Occupation Medal specialty
license plates; providing an exemption from a fee.
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, or 504.323, as added by
Chapter 1085 (H.B. 3567), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2017.
SECTION 2. Section 504.3015(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person applying for a set of license plates under this
subchapter shall pay the registration fee required under Chapter
502 and the applicable special plate fee required under this
section, except that one set of license plates shall be issued
without the payment of the registration fee under:
(1) Section 504.308;
(2) Section 504.310(b);
(3) Section 504.315, other than Subsections (c) and
(q) of that section; and
(4) [(3)] Section 504.319.
SECTION 3. Section 504.310, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 504.310. WORLD WAR II VETERANS AND CERTAIN MEDAL
RECIPIENTS. (a) The department shall issue specialty license
plates for persons who served in the United States or Allied armed
forces during World War II. License [The license] plates issued
under this subsection must include the words "WWII Veteran."
(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates for
recipients of the Army of Occupation Medal. License plates issued
under this subsection must include the Army of Occupation Medal
emblem and must include the words "Army of Occupation Medal" at the
bottom of the plate.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 225 passed the Senate on
April 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 225 passed the House on
May 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, two present
not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor