By: Hegar S.B. No. 563
(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2013; February 20, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
March 25, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 25, 2013,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 563 By: Paxton
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor
recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.319 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.319. DEFENSE SUPERIOR SERVICE MEDAL RECIPIENTS.
The department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients
of the Defense Superior Service Medal. License plates issued under
this section must include the words "Defense Superior Service
Medal" at the bottom of each plate.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 504.3015,
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A person applying for a set of license plates under this
subchapter shall pay the registration fee required under Chapter
502 and the applicable special plate fee required under this
section, except that one set of license plates shall be issued under
Section 504.308, [or] 504.315, or 504.319 without the payment of
the registration fee.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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