Bill Text: TX HB1273 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to certain military specialty license plates.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1273 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1273-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain military specialty license plates.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1273 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1273-Introduced.html
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By: Farias | H.B. No. 1273 |
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relating to certain military specialty license plates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 504.311, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 504.311. SERVICE IN KOREA [ |
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The department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who | ||
served in the United States armed forces: | ||
(1) after June 26, 1950, and before February 1, 1955, | ||
and who received the National Defense Service Medal; | ||
(2) in a combat zone in Korea during the period | ||
beginning on June 27, 1950, and ending on February 1, 1955, and who | ||
received the Korean Service Medal; and | ||
(3) in the Korean Demilitarized Zone after February 1, | ||
1955, and who received the Korean Defense Service Medal. | ||
(b) License plates issued under this section must include | ||
the words "Korea Veteran[ |
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appropriate medal. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 504.312, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 504.312. VIETNAM VETERANS. (a) The department shall | ||
issue specialty license plates for persons who served in the United | ||
States armed forces [ |
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(1) during the period beginning on January 1, 1961, | ||
and ending on August 14, 1974, and who received the National Defense | ||
Service Medal; or | ||
(2) in a combat zone in the Republic of Vietnam | ||
during the period beginning on February 28, 1961, and ending on May | ||
7, 1975, and who received the Vietnam Service Medal [ |
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(b) License plates issued under this section must include | ||
the words "Vietnam Veteran[ |
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appropriate medal. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 504.313, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 504.313. DESERT SHIELD OR DESERT STORM VETERANS. (a) | ||
The department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who | ||
served in the United States armed forces: | ||
(1) during the period beginning on [ |
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National Defense Service Medal; or | ||
(2) in a combat zone in support of Operation Desert | ||
Shield or Desert Storm during the period beginning on August 2, | ||
1990, and ending on November 30, 1995, and who received the | ||
Southwest Asia Service Medal [ |
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(b) License plates issued under this section must include | ||
the words "Desert Storm[ |
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medal. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 504.202(e-1), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e-1) Other than license plates issued under Subsection | ||
(h), license plates issued under this section may include, on | ||
request: | ||
(1) the emblem of the veteran's branch of service; or | ||
(2) one emblem from another license plate to which the | ||
person is entitled under Section 504.308, 504.311, 504.312, | ||
504.313, 504.3135, 504.314, 504.315, 504.316, 504.318, or 504.319. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |