By: Wilson, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Hall) H.B. No. 3343
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2019;
May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor
certain Purple Heart recipients; imposing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.5115 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.5115. CERTAIN PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients of a
Purple Heart awarded by the Department of Public Safety or another
law enforcement agency in this state.
(b) The fee for issuance of one set of the license plates is
$3.
(c) A person issued specialty license plates under this
section shall be issued one set of the license plates without
payment of the registration fee required under Chapter 502.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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