Bill Text: TX HB657 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the number of license plates to be issued for and displayed on motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Left pending in committee [HB657 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB657-Introduced.html
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By: Lavender | H.B. No. 657 |
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relating to the number of license plates to be issued for and | ||
displayed on motor vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 504.011 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 504.011. ISSUANCE AND DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATE. (a) | ||
Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, the | ||
department shall issue only one license plate for attachment at the | ||
rear of the vehicle for which the plate is issued. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, a | ||
person is entitled to operate on a public highway a vehicle that | ||
displays only one license plate if the plate is attached at the rear | ||
of the vehicle. A person may operate on a public highway a vehicle | ||
that displays two license plates if both plates were assigned by the | ||
department for the registration period as a set of plates. | ||
(c) In any provision of this code that relates to the | ||
issuance or display of "license plates," "plates," or a "set of | ||
plates," the term means only one license plate. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 504.943, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a | ||
public highway during a registration period a passenger car, light | ||
truck, road tractor, motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer that does | ||
not display a license plate that: | ||
(1) has been assigned by the department for the | ||
period; and | ||
(2) complies with department rules regarding the | ||
placement of license plates. | ||
(e) In this section, "light truck" and "passenger car" have | ||
the meanings assigned by Section 541.201. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act regarding the | ||
issuance of license plates by the Texas Department of Motor | ||
Vehicles applies only to the issuance of license plates by the | ||
department for a registration period beginning on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |