| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2021; March 11, 2021, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs & |
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| 4 | + | Border Security; April 7, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable |
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| 5 | + | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; |
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| 6 | + | April 7, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 697 By: Hall |
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| 4 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 13 | | relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor |
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| 7 | 14 | | members of the United States Army Special Forces. |
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| 8 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Section 504.202(e-1), Transportation Code, is |
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| 10 | 17 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 18 | | (e-1) Other than license plates issued under Subsection |
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| 12 | 19 | | (h), license plates issued under this section may include, on |
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| 13 | 20 | | request: |
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| 14 | 21 | | (1) the emblem of the veteran's branch of service; or |
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| 15 | 22 | | (2) one emblem from another license plate to which the |
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| 16 | 23 | | person is entitled under Section 504.308, 504.309, 504.310(b), |
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| 17 | 24 | | 504.311, 504.312, 504.313, 504.3135, 504.314, 504.315, 504.316, |
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| 18 | 25 | | 504.3161, 504.318, 504.319, 504.320, 504.323, [as added by Chapter |
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| 19 | 26 | | 1085 (H.B. 3567), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, |
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| 20 | 27 | | 2017, or] 504.325, or 504.327. |
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| 21 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, |
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| 22 | 29 | | is amended by adding Section 504.327 to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 30 | | Sec. 504.327. UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL FORCES. The |
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| 24 | 31 | | department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who |
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| 25 | 32 | | serve or have served in the United States armed services and have |
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| 26 | 33 | | earned Special Forces qualifications. The license plates must |
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| 27 | 34 | | include: |
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| 28 | 35 | | (1) the words "Army Special Forces"; and |
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| 29 | 36 | | (2) a depiction of the United States Army Special |
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| 30 | 37 | | Forces shoulder sleeve insignia with the Special Forces Tab. |
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| 31 | 38 | | SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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| 32 | 39 | | over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, |
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| 33 | 40 | | relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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| 34 | 41 | | codes. |
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| 35 | 42 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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