By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1987
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to specialty license plates for people with a hearing
impairment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Transportation Code Section 504.664 is added to
read as follows:
Sec. 504.664. SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES FOR HEARING
IMPAIRED.
(a) "Hearing impaired" is defined as a loss of 70 decibels
aided or speech discrimination of less than 50% aided.
(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates in
recognition of those with hearing impairments. The department shall
design the license plates to have special insignia to designate
that the driver is hearing impaired.
(c) This license plate will be distributed at no cost to the
individual with a hearing impairment.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.