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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients |
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of certain Texas military awards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.3015(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person applying for a set of license plates under this |
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subchapter shall pay the registration fee required under Chapter |
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502 and the applicable special plate fee required under this |
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section, except that one set of license plates shall be issued |
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without the payment of the registration fee under: |
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(1) Section 504.308; |
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(2) Section 504.310(b); |
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(3) Section 504.315, other than Subsections (c) and |
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(q) of that section; [and] |
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(4) Section 504.319; |
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(5) Section 504.331; and |
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(6) Section 504.337. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.331, Transportation Code, as added |
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by Chapter 1050 (S.B. 280), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023, is redesignated as Section 504.336, Transportation |
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Code, to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.336 [504.331]. OPERATION FREEDOM'S SENTINEL. The |
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department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who |
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served in the United States armed services and participated in |
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Operation Freedom's Sentinel. The license plates must include the |
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words "Freedom's Sentinel." |
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SECTION 3. Section 504.331, Transportation Code, as added |
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by Chapter 506 (H.B. 2503), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023, is redesignated as Section 504.337, Transportation |
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Code, to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.337 [504.331]. TEXAS HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL. |
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The department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients |
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of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal. The license plates must |
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include: |
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(1) the words "Texas Humanitarian Service Medal"; and |
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(2) a depiction of the Texas Humanitarian Service |
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Medal emblem. |
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SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |