Bill Text: TX HB377 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of certain specialty license plates, specially marked driver's licenses, and specially marked personal identification certificates.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 15-4)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB377 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB377-Comm_Sub.html

---

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.