S.B. No. 769
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients
of the Combat Medical Badge.
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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 769 passed the Senate on
April 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 769 passed the House on
May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor