H.B. No. 263         AN ACT   relating to the issuance of "Back the Blue" specialty license   plates.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 504.668 to read as follows:          Sec. 504.668.  BACK THE BLUE LICENSE PLATES. (a)  The   department shall issue specialty license plates that include a thin   blue line and the words "Back the Blue."          (b)  After deduction of the department's administrative   costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates   shall be deposited to the credit of an account created by the   comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b). Money   deposited to that account may be used only by the Employees   Retirement System of Texas to provide financial assistance to   survivors of peace officers under Chapter 615, Government Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 263 was passed by the House on May 4,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 263 was passed by the Senate on May   16, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor