Bill Text: TX HB1154 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1154 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the offense of operating certain vehicles without a license plate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1154 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1154-Introduced.html

	85R2589 BEE-D

	By: Davis of Harris	H.B. No. 1154



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the offense of operating certain vehicles without a
	license plate.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 504.943(b), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a
	public highway during a registration period a road tractor, a
	motorcycle, a trailer, a [or] semitrailer, or a motor vehicle
	equipped with technology that would be impaired by the display of a
	front license plate 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.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
	covered by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
	before that date.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.