81R12107 JAM-D
By: Hughes, Frost H.B. No. 784
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for certain
firefighters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 504.409, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 504.409. [VOLUNTEER] FIREFIGHTERS. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates for:
(1) volunteer firefighters certified by:
(A) [(1)] the Texas Commission on Fire
Protection; or
(B) [(2)] the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals'
Association of Texas; and
(2) fire protection personnel as that term is defined
by Section 419.021, Government Code.
(b) The fee for issuance of each set of [the] license plates
is:
(1) $4 for volunteer firefighters; and
(2) $30 for fire protection personnel.
(c) A person may be issued not more than three sets [only one
set] of [the] license plates.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.