85R2105 AAF-D
By: Dale H.B. No. 458
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of peace officer specialty license plates;
eliminating a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 504.511, Transportation Code, is
transferred to Subchapter E, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
redesignated as Section 504.416, Transportation Code, and amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 504.416 [504.511]. PEACE OFFICERS [WOUNDED OR KILLED
IN LINE OF DUTY]. (a) The department shall issue specialty license
plates for peace officers [:
[(1) a person wounded in the line of duty as a peace
officer; or
[(2) a surviving spouse, parent, brother, sister, or
adult child, including an adopted child or stepchild, of a person
killed in the line of duty as a peace officer].
(b) License plates issued under this section must include
the words "To Protect and Serve" above an insignia depicting a
yellow rose superimposed over the outline of a badge.
(c) [The fee for issuance of the license plates is $20.
[(d)] In this section, "peace officer" has the meaning
assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act regarding the
issuance of license plates by the Texas Department of Motor
Vehicles applies only to the issuance of license plates by the
department for a registration period beginning on or after the
effective date of this Act. For a registration period that begins
before the effective date of this Act, the department shall issue
license plates as required by the law in effect immediately before
the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.