By: Kacal (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 1256
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of Blessed are the Peacemakers specialty
license plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.668 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.668. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS LICENSE PLATES.
(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates that
include the image of the United States flag printed in black and
white with a blue stripe crossing beneath the field of stars and the
words "Blessed are the Peacemakers" at the bottom of each plate.
(b) After deduction of the department's administrative
costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates
shall be deposited to the credit of an account created by the
comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b). Money
deposited to that account may be used only by the State Preservation
Board to maintain the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument under
Section 3105.004, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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