H.B. No. 3401
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor
members of the United States Navy SEALs.
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. UNITED STATES NAVY SEALS. The department
shall issue specialty license plates for members of the United
States armed services who have been awarded the Special Warfare
Insignia. The license plates must include:
(1) the words "Navy SEALs"; and
(2) a depiction of the United States Navy Special
Warfare Insignia.
SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3401 was passed by the House on April
23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 7, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3401 was passed by the Senate on May
12, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor