Bill Text: TX SB280 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for members of the military who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective immediately [SB280 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB280-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 280 | ||
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| relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for members of | ||
| the military who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Marine Lance | ||
| Corporal David Lee Espinoza Act. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, or 504.331. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 504.331 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 504.331. OPERATION FREEDOM'S SENTINEL. The department | ||
| shall issue specialty license plates for persons who served in the | ||
| United States armed services and participated in Operation | ||
| Freedom's Sentinel. The license plates must include the words | ||
| "Freedom's Sentinel." | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 280 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 280 passed the House on | ||
| May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
