{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.512","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 504.512","heading":"GOLD STAR MOTHER, FATHER, SPOUSE, OR FAMILY MEMBER.","body":"(a) The department shall issue a specialty license plate for the mother, father, or surviving spouse or an immediate family member of a person who died while serving in the United States armed forces. License plates issued under this section must include the words \"Gold Star Mother,\" \"Gold Star Father,\" \"Gold Star Spouse,\" or \"Gold Star Family\" and a gold star. A person may not be issued more than one set of the license plates at a time.\n(a-1) In this section \"immediate family member\" means the parent, child, sibling, adoptive parent, adoptive child, foster parent, foster child, stepparent, or stepchild of a person who died while serving in the United States armed forces.\n(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 741 , Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2016.\nTransferred and redesignated from Transportation Code, Section 504.408 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 199, eff. January 1, 2012.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 741 (H.B. 1702), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2016.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 385 (H.B. 282), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 504. LICENSE PLATES","SUBCHAPTER F. SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES WITH RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION AND REGULAR LICENSE PLATE FEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm#504.512","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"51839cea595d0e9a187124c5b3f94a26228779408ea0fac68e0e13b7bb0104e4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.5115","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.513"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}