disabled veteran plates, no service link required

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90R5524 SZA-D

By: Rehmet
S.B. No. 256

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of license plates to and registration of

motor vehicles transporting veterans with disabilities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Sections 504.202(b) and (c), Transportation

Code, are amended to read as follows:

(b) A veteran of the United States armed forces is entitled

to register, for the person's own use, motor vehicles under this

section if:

(1) the person has suffered[ , as a result of military

service ]:

(A) at least a 50 percent [ service-connected ]

disability; or

(B) a 40 percent [ service-connected ] disability

because of the amputation of a lower extremity;

(2) the person receives compensation from the United

States because of the disability; and

(3) the motor vehicle:

(A) is owned by the person; and

(B) has a gross vehicle weight of 18,000 pounds

or less or is a motor home.

(c) An organization may register a motor vehicle under this

section if:

(1) the vehicle is used exclusively to transport

veterans of the United States armed forces who have suffered[ , as a

result of military service, ] a [ service-connected ] disability; and

(2) the veterans are not charged for the

transportation.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.