Tex. Transp. Code § 504.682 · Subchapter G. SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION
FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER LICENSE PLATES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 478 (H.B. 628), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Redesignated from Transportation Code, Section 504.680 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 22.001(65), eff. September 1, 2025.
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