82R10900 MTB-D By: Hunter, Torres H.B. No. 1544 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1544: By: Scott C.S.H.B. No. 1544 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the design of specialty license plates issued to members and former members of the United States armed forces. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 504.3011(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) License plates issued under Section 504.303: (1) must at a minimum bear a color depiction of the emblem of the appropriate branch of the United States armed forces; and (2) may, on the request of an applicant for the license plates, include the words "Honorably Discharged" for license plates issued to former members of the United States armed forces. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.