H.B. No. 979         AN ACT   relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients   of the Star of Texas Award.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 504.416 to read as follows:          Sec. 504.416.  STAR OF TEXAS AWARD RECIPIENTS. The   department shall issue specialty license plates for persons who are   recipients of a Star of Texas Award under Chapter 3106, Government   Code. The license plates must include the Star of Texas Award   emblem and the words "Star of Texas."          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 979 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. 979 was passed by the Senate on May   12, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor