Bill Text: TX HB659 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to specialty license plates issued for recipients of the Commendation Medal.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB659 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB659-Introduced.html

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88R1199 JTZ-D
By: Cook H.B. No. 659

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to specialty license plates issued for recipients of the
Commendation Medal.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 504.315(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The department shall issue specialty license plates for
recipients of the Commendation Medal or Commendation Medal with
Valor for each branch of the military and for joint
service. License plates issued under this subsection must include
the appropriate Commendation Medal emblem and must include the name
of the medal at the bottom of each plate. License plates issued
under this subsection to recipients of the Commendation Medal with
Valor that are not personalized must also include the letter "V" as
a prefix or suffix to the numerals on each plate.
SECTION 2. Section 504.321, Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.