(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates for active and former members of the United States armed services who have:
(1) satisfactorily completed the prescribed proficiency tests while assigned or attached to an airborne unit or the Airborne Department of the United States Army Infantry School; or
(2) participated in at least one combat parachute jump.
(b) The license plates must include:
(1) a likeness of the parachutist badge authorized by the Department of the Army; and
(2) the words “U.S. Paratrooper.”