88R10242 BEE-D By: Hayes H.B. No. 2323 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the issuance of license plates commemorating the 100th anniversary of the writing of the state song. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 504.005, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), license plates issued by the department during the calendar year 2024, other than specialty license plates, must be designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the writing of the state song, "Texas, Our Texas," in 1924 and must include the words "Texas, Our Texas." This subsection expires January 1, 2025. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.