By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1371
(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2017; March 16, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 10, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 10, 2017,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1371 By: Hall
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor
recipients of the Commendation Medal with Valor and Military
Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 504.3015(a), 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, 504.315, or 504.319] without the payment of
the registration fee under:
(1) Section 504.308;
(2) Section 504.315, other than Subsections (c) and
(q) of that section; and
(3) Section 504.319.
SECTION 2. Section 504.315, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (c) and (q) to read as follows:
(c) The department shall issue specialty license plates for
recipients of the Commendation Medal with Valor for each branch of
the military and for joint service. License plates issued under
this subsection must include the appropriate Commendation Medal
emblem and must include the name of the medal at the bottom of each
plate. License plates issued under this subsection that are not
personalized must also include the letter "V" as a prefix or suffix
to the numerals on each plate.
(q) The department shall issue specialty license plates for
recipients of the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal.
License plates issued under this subsection must include the
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal emblem and must
include the words "Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal" at
the bottom of each plate.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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