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| 1 | 1 | By: Estes S.B. No. 896 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Laubenberg) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to certain | |
| 8 | 8 | family members of a person who dies while serving in the United | |
| 9 | 9 | States armed forces. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 504.408, Transportation | |
| 12 | 12 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 504.408. GOLD STAR MOTHER, FATHER, SPOUSE, OR FAMILY | |
| 14 | 14 | MEMBER. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 504.408, Transportation | |
| 16 | 16 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 17 | 17 | (a) The department shall issue a specialty license plate for | |
| 18 | 18 | the mother, father, or surviving spouse[,] or an immediate family | |
| 19 | 19 | member of a person who died while serving in the United States armed | |
| 20 | 20 | forces. License plates issued under this section must include the | |
| 21 | 21 | words "Gold Star Mother," "Gold Star Father," "Gold Star Spouse," | |
| 22 | 22 | or "Gold Star Family" and a gold star. A person may not be issued | |
| 23 | 23 | more than one set of the license plates at a time. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |