H.B. No. 2115         AN ACT       relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor   recipients of certain military awards.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 504.320, Transportation   Code, as added by Chapter 708 (H.B. 1128), Acts of the 84th   Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 504.320.  RECIPIENTS OF CERTAIN COMBAT BADGES, MEDALS,   OR RIBBONS [ACTION BADGE, MEDAL, OR RIBBON RECIPIENTS].          SECTION 2.  Section 504.320, Transportation Code, as added   by Chapter 708 (H.B. 1128), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular   Session, 2015, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) and amending   Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (c-1)  The department shall issue specialty license plates   for recipients of the Combat Medical Badge. License plates issued   under this subsection must include the Combat Medical Badge emblem   and must include the words "Combat Medical Badge" at the bottom of   each plate.          (d)  A specialty license plate issued under this section for   a badge or ribbon that may be awarded more than once shall [For   purposes of Subsections (a) and (c), if a branch of the United   States armed forces awards a Combat Action Badge or Ribbon with a   unique emblem for each award of the Combat Action Badge or Ribbon to   a recipient, the department shall only issue specialty license   plates that] include only the [unique] emblem of the first award   badge or ribbon.          SECTION 3.  Subchapter D, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 504.323 to read as follows:          Sec. 504.323.  TOMB GUARD. The department shall issue   specialty license plates for persons who serve or have served in the   Third United States Infantry Regiment as a guard for the Tomb of the   Unknown Soldier and are awarded the Guard, Tomb of the Unknown   Soldier Identification Badge.  The license plates must include a   likeness of the Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification   Badge and must include the words "Tomb Guard" at the bottom of each   plate.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2115 was passed by the House on May 9,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 2115 on May 21, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0,   2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 2115 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays   0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor