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        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to the issuance of "Back the Blue" specialty license | 
      
        |  | plates. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended by adding Section 504.668 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 504.668.  BACK THE BLUE LICENSE PLATES.  (a)  The | 
      
        |  | department shall issue specialty license plates that include a thin | 
      
        |  | blue line and the words "Back the Blue." | 
      
        |  | (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 | 
      
        |  | survivors of peace officers under Chapter 615, Government Code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 263 was passed by the House on May 4, | 
      
        |  | 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | 
      
        |  | voting. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
      
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        |  | I certify that H.B. No. 263 was passed by the Senate on May | 
      
        |  | 16, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
      
        |  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
      
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        |  | _____________________ | 
      
        |  | Governor |