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