S.B. No. 441         AN ACT   relating to eligibility of surviving spouses of disabled veterans   for specialty license plates.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 504.317, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:          (b-1)  A person is eligible to receive specialty license   plates under this section if the person is the surviving spouse of a   person who had been entitled to specialty plates for veterans with   disabilities under Section 504.202, regardless of whether the   deceased spouse was issued plates under that section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 441 passed the Senate on   April 20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 441 passed the House on   May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 2, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor