Bill Text: TX SB597 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for certain Operation Enduring Freedom veterans.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB597 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB597-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Birdwell, Uresti S.B. No. 597
(In the Senate - Filed February 18, 2013; February 25, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
March 27, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; March 27, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for certain
Operation Enduring Freedom veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 504.314, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 504.314. ENDURING FREEDOM VETERANS. (a) The
department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who
served in the United States armed services and participated in
Operation Enduring Freedom. The license plates must include the
words "Enduring Freedom."
(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates for
persons who served in the United States armed services and
participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The
license plates must include the words "Enduring Freedom
Afghanistan."
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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