89R7445 RDR-F     By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 2540       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients   of certain Texas military awards.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 504.3015(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A person applying for a set of license plates under this   subchapter shall pay the registration fee required under Chapter   502 and the applicable special plate fee required under this   section, except that one set of license plates shall be issued   without the payment of the registration fee under:                (1)  Section 504.308;                (2)  Section 504.310(b);                (3)  Section 504.315, other than Subsections (c) and   (q) of that section; [and]                (4)  Section 504.319;                (5)  Section 504.331; and                (6)  Section 504.337.          SECTION 2.  Section 504.331, Transportation Code, as added   by Chapter 1050 (S.B. 280), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular   Session, 2023, is redesignated as Section 504.336, Transportation   Code, to read as follows:          Sec. 504.336 [504.331].  OPERATION FREEDOM'S SENTINEL. The   department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who   served in the United States armed services and participated in   Operation Freedom's Sentinel. The license plates must include the   words "Freedom's Sentinel."          SECTION 3.  Section 504.331, Transportation Code, as added   by Chapter 506 (H.B. 2503), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular   Session, 2023, is redesignated as Section 504.337, Transportation   Code, to read as follows:          Sec. 504.337 [504.331].  TEXAS HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL.   The department shall issue specialty license plates for recipients   of the Texas Humanitarian Service Medal. The license plates must   include:                (1)  the words "Texas Humanitarian Service Medal"; and                (2)  a depiction of the Texas Humanitarian Service   Medal emblem.          SECTION 4.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails   over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,   relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted   codes.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.