Bill Text: TX HB627 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to the surviving spouse of a posthumous recipient of certain awards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB627 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB627-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 627

AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to the
surviving spouse of a posthumous recipient of certain awards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 504.416, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 504.416. STAR OF TEXAS AWARD RECIPIENTS. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who are
recipients of a Star of Texas Award under Chapter 3106, Government
Code. The license plates must include the Star of Texas Award
emblem and the words "Star of Texas."
(b) The surviving spouse of a person who was the posthumous
recipient of an award described by Subsection (a) is entitled to
specialty license plates issued under this section.
SECTION 2. Section 504.5115, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The surviving spouse of a person who was the posthumous
recipient of an award described by Subsection (a) is entitled to
specialty license plates issued under this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 627 was passed by the House on April
28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 627 was passed by the Senate on May
18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor