Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Transportation Code § 504.680: SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS LICENSE PLATE.

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates to honor the personnel of sheriff's offices. The license plates must include:
(1) the words "Support Your Sheriff's Office"; and
(2) a depiction of the Sheriffs' Association of Texas logo.
(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 Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to make grants to a nonprofit organization that has a history of promoting the training, retention, and professionalism of sheriff's deputies, county jail employees, emergency service center employees, or other positions and offices administered by a sheriff.
(c) Section 504.702 does not apply to a specialty license plate issued under this section.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 110 (S.B. 2221), Sec. 1, eff. May 19, 2023.

Where this section sits in the code

TRANSPORTATION CODE
TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
CHAPTER 504. LICENSE PLATES
SUBCHAPTER G. SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION

(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates to honor the personnel of sheriff's offices. The license plates must include:

(1) the words "Support Your Sheriff's Office"; and

(2) a depiction of the Sheriffs' Association of Texas logo.

(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 Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to make grants to a nonprofit organization that has a history of promoting the training, retention, and professionalism of sheriff's deputies, county jail employees, emergency service center employees, or other positions and offices administered by a sheriff.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 110 (S.B. 2221), Sec. 1, eff. May 19, 2023.

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