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Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 504.680. Fallen Law Enforcement Officer License Plates

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of § 504.680 as added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., ch. 478 (H.B. 628), § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2023. See, also, § 504.680 as added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., ch. 110 (S.B. 2221), § 1, eff. May 19, 2023. >

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The license plates must include:

(1) the words “A Hero Remembered Never Dies”;

(2) the words “Honoring Law Enforcement”; and

(3) a depiction of a badge covered by a black mourning band.

(b) After deduction of the department's administrative costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates shall be deposited to the credit of an account created by the comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b). Money deposited to that account may be used only by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to provide financial assistance to surviving family members of peace officers killed in the line of duty under Chapter 615, Government Code.

(c) Section 504.702 does not apply to a specialty license plate issued under this section.

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