By: Oliverson, Cortez, Miller, Flynn, H.B. No. 377
      Arévalo, et al.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to surviving
  spouses of certain military veterans.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 504.302, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as
  follows:
         (a-1)  The surviving spouse of a person who would be eligible
  for a specialty license plate under Section 504.308, 504.310,
  504.315, 504.316, or 504.319 is entitled to register one vehicle
  under the applicable section as long as the spouse remains
  unmarried.
         (b)  An applicant [for registration] under this section must
  submit proof of the eligibility of the applicant's deceased spouse
  for the applicable specialty license plate.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.