H.B. No. 2115
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor
recipients of certain military awards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 504.320, Transportation
Code, as added by Chapter 708 (H.B. 1128), Acts of the 84th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 504.320. RECIPIENTS OF CERTAIN COMBAT BADGES, MEDALS,
OR RIBBONS [ACTION BADGE, MEDAL, OR RIBBON RECIPIENTS].
SECTION 2. Section 504.320, Transportation Code, as added
by Chapter 708 (H.B. 1128), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2015, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending
Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(c-1) The department shall issue specialty license plates
for recipients of the Combat Medical Badge. License plates issued
under this subsection must include the Combat Medical Badge emblem
and must include the words "Combat Medical Badge" at the bottom of
each plate.
(d) A specialty license plate issued under this section for
a badge or ribbon that may be awarded more than once shall [For
purposes of Subsections (a) and (c), if a branch of the United
States armed forces awards a Combat Action Badge or Ribbon with a
unique emblem for each award of the Combat Action Badge or Ribbon to
a recipient, the department shall only issue specialty license
plates that] include only the [unique] emblem of the first award
badge or ribbon.
SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.323 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.323. TOMB GUARD. The department shall issue
specialty license plates for persons who serve or have served in the
Third United States Infantry Regiment as a guard for the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier and are awarded the Guard, Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier Identification Badge. The license plates must include a
likeness of the Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification
Badge and must include the words "Tomb Guard" at the bottom of each
plate.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2115 was passed by the House on May 9,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2115 on May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2115 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor