82R4021 VOO-D
By: Lewis H.B. No. 657
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to honorary license plates for certain disabled veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 504.202, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 504.202. VETERANS WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.2021 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.2021. HONORARY LICENSE PLATES FOR VETERANS WITH
DISABILITIES. (a) The department shall issue specialty license
plates for a veteran of the United States Armed Forces who has
suffered, as a result of military service, a service-connected
disability that does not meet the requirements of Section
504.202(b)(1).
(b) License plates issued under this section must include
the words "Disabled Veteran" and "U.S. Armed Forces" and must be
clearly distinguishable from license plates issued under Section
504.202.
(c) A person entitled to specialty license plates under this
section may register, for the person's own use, one vehicle without
payment of any fee other than the fee for the license plates under
Subsection (d). Registration under this section is valid for one
year.
(d) The fee for the first set of license plates is $3. There
is no fee for each additional set of license plates. If a license
plate is lost, stolen, or mutilated, on payment of a $1 fee the
department shall issue a set of replacement plates.
(e) Eligibility to receive a license plate under this
section does not qualify a person to receive a disabled parking
placard under Section 681.004 unless the person otherwise qualifies
for a placard under that section.
(f) A person entitled to license plates under this section
may elect to receive license plates issued under Chapter 502 under
the same conditions for the issuance of license plates under this
section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.