H.B. No. 628
AN ACT
relating to issuance of specialty license plates to honor fallen
law enforcement officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.680 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.680. FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER LICENSE
PLATES. (a) The department shall issue specialty license plates to
honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The
license plates must include:
(1) the words "A Hero Remembered Never Dies";
(2) the words "Honoring Law Enforcement"; and
(3) a depiction of a badge covered by a black mourning
band.
(b) After deduction of the department's administrative
costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates
shall be deposited to the credit of an account created by the
comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b). Money
deposited to that account may be used only by the Employees
Retirement System of Texas to provide financial assistance to
surviving family members of peace officers killed in the line of
duty under Chapter 615, Government Code.
(c) Section 504.702 does not apply to a specialty license
plate issued under this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 628 was passed by the House on April
28, 2023, 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. 628 was passed by the Senate on May
18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor