H.B. No. 1081
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor
recipients of the Presidential Service Badge.
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, 504.323, [as added by Chapter
1085 (H.B. 3567), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session,
2017, or] 504.325, or 504.327.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.327 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.327. PRESIDENTIAL SERVICE BADGE. The department
shall issue specialty license plates for persons awarded the
Presidential Service Badge. The license plates must include:
(1) the words "Presidential Service Badge"; and
(2) a depiction of the Presidential Service Badge.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1081 was passed by the House on April
9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1081 was passed by the Senate on April
29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor