TITLE: Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to certain family members of a person who dies while serving in the United States armed forces.

SUMMARY: Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to certain family members of a person who dies while serving in the United States armed forces.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to certain family members of a person who dies while serving in the United States armed forces. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The heading to Section 504.408, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 504.408. GOLD STAR MOTHER, FATHER, SPOUSE, OR FAMILY MEMBER. SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 504.408, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The department shall issue a specialty license plate for the mother, father, or surviving spouse [] or an immediate family member of a person who died while serving in the United States armed forces. License plates issued under this section must include the words "Gold Star Mother," "Gold Star Father," "Gold Star Spouse," or "Gold Star Family" and a gold star. A person may not be issued more than one set of the license plates at a time. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.