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AN ACT
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relating to Bronze Star Medal and Bronze Star Medal with Valor |
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specialty license plates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.315, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (a) to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates for |
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recipients of the Bronze Star Medal and Bronze Star Medal with |
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Valor. License plates issued under this subsection must include |
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the Bronze Star Medal emblem and must include the words "Bronze Star |
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Medal" at the bottom of each plate. License plates issued under |
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this subsection to recipients of the Bronze Star Medal with Valor |
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that are not personalized must also include the letter "V" as a |
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prefix or suffix to the numerals on each plate. Section 504.702 |
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does not apply to license plates authorized by this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 115 (H.B. 2020) and 319 (H.B. 618), Acts of the |
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81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted and amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A vehicle on which license plates described by |
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Subsection (a)(2) or issued under Section 504.202, Section |
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504.315(a), (c) [504.315(c)], (d), (e), (f), or (g), or Section |
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504.316 are displayed is exempt from the payment of a parking fee |
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collected through a parking meter charged by a governmental |
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authority other than a branch of the federal government, when being |
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operated by or for the transportation of: |
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(1) the person who registered the vehicle under |
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Section 504.202(a), Section 504.315(a), (c) [504.315(c)], (d), |
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(e), (f), or (g), or Section 504.316; |
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(2) a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the |
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vehicle is registered under that subsection; or |
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(3) the owner or operator of a vehicle displaying |
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license plates described by Subsection (a)(2). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 559 was passed by the House on April |
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21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 559 was passed by the Senate on May |
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25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |