Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB225 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 05/06/2019

                            S.B. No. 225


 AN ACT
 relating to the issuance of Army of Occupation Medal specialty
 license plates; providing an exemption from a fee.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 504.202(e-1), Transportation Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (e-1)  Other than license plates issued under Subsection
 (h), license plates issued under this section may include, on
 request:
 (1)  the emblem of the veteran's branch of service; or
 (2)  one emblem from another license plate to which the
 person is entitled under Section 504.308, 504.309, 504.310(b),
 504.311, 504.312, 504.313, 504.3135, 504.314, 504.315, 504.316,
 504.3161, 504.318, 504.319, 504.320, or 504.323, as added by
 Chapter 1085 (H.B. 3567), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
 Session, 2017.
 SECTION 2.  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
 without the payment of the registration fee under:
 (1)  Section 504.308;
 (2)  Section 504.310(b);
 (3)  Section 504.315, other than Subsections (c) and
 (q) of that section; and
 (4) [(3)]  Section 504.319.
 SECTION 3.  Section 504.310, Transportation Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 Sec. 504.310.  WORLD WAR II VETERANS AND CERTAIN MEDAL
 RECIPIENTS.  (a)  The department shall issue specialty license
 plates for persons who served in the United States or Allied armed
 forces during World War II.  License [The license] plates issued
 under this subsection must include the words "WWII Veteran."
 (b)  The department shall issue specialty license plates for
 recipients of the Army of Occupation Medal.  License plates issued
 under this subsection must include the Army of Occupation Medal
 emblem and must include the words "Army of Occupation Medal" at the
 bottom of the plate.
 SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 ______________________________ ______________________________
 President of the Senate Speaker of the House
 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 225 passed the Senate on
 April 10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 ______________________________
 Secretary of the Senate
 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 225 passed the House on
 May 3, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, two present
 not voting.
 ______________________________
 Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved:
 ______________________________
 Date
 ______________________________
 Governor