| 1 | 1 | | By: Vasut H.B. No. 5076 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to state and |
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| 7 | 7 | | federal judges. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 504.403, Transportation Code, as amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | by Chapter 1296 (H.B. 2357), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular |
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| 11 | 11 | | Session, 2011, and repealed by Chapter 1290 (H.B. 2017), Acts of the |
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| 12 | 12 | | 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is reenacted and amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 504.403. STATE AND FEDERAL JUDGES. (a) The department |
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| 15 | 15 | | shall issue specialty license plates for a current or visiting |
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| 16 | 16 | | state or federal judge. The license plates must include the words |
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| 17 | 17 | | "State Judge" or "U.S. Judge," as appropriate. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) [(d)] In this section, "state [: |
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| 19 | 19 | | [(2) "State] judge" means: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) [(A)] a justice of the supreme court; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) [(B)] a judge of the court of criminal appeals; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) [(C)] a judge of a court of appeals of this state; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (4) [(D)] a district court judge; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (5) [(E)] a presiding judge of an administrative |
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| 25 | 25 | | judicial district; [or] |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6) [(F)] a statutory county court judge; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (7) a statutory probate court judge; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (8) an associate judge of a district or statutory |
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| 29 | 29 | | county court; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (9) a justice of the peace; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (10) a municipal judge; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (11) a constitutional county court judge. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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