By: Sheffield of Coryell, Cortez H.B. No. 2485
(Senate Sponsor - Birdwell)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
May 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Air Medal and Air Medal with Valor specialty license
plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 504.315, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The department shall issue specialty license plates
for recipients of the Air Medal and Air Medal with Valor. License
plates issued under this subsection must include the Air Medal
emblem and must include the words "Air Medal" at the bottom of each
plate. License plates issued under this subsection to recipients
of the Air Medal with Valor that are not personalized must also
include the letter "V" as a prefix or suffix to the numerals on each
plate. Section 504.702 does not apply to license plates authorized
by this subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A vehicle on which license plates described by
Subsection (a)(2) or issued under Section 504.202, 504.315, or
[Section 504.315(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h), or Section]
504.316 are displayed is exempt from the payment of a parking fee
collected through a parking meter charged by a governmental
authority other than a branch of the federal government, when being
operated by or for the transportation of:
(1) the person who registered the vehicle under
Section 504.202(a), 504.315, or [Section 504.315(a), (c), (d), (e),
(f), (g), or (h), or Section] 504.316;
(2) a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the
vehicle is registered under that subsection; or
(3) the owner or operator of a vehicle displaying
license plates described by Subsection (a)(2).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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