Bill Text: TX HB1222 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a study on authorizing a passenger car or light truck to be operated with only a rear license plate.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1222-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a study on authorizing a passenger car or light truck to be operated with only a rear license plate.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1222-Introduced.html
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By: Metcalf | H.B. No. 1222 |
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relating to license plates issued for and displayed on a vehicle. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 504.010, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) On payment of the prescribed fee, an applicant for motor | ||
vehicle registration shall be issued a license plate or set of | ||
plates, provided that the department must issue a set of two plates | ||
to an applicant for registration of a passenger car or light truck. | ||
(d) Rules adopted under Subsection (c) must authorize a | ||
passenger car or light truck to display only a rear license plate if | ||
the motor vehicle is not equipped by the manufacturer with an | ||
exterior front feature to which a license plate may be fastened | ||
without drilling through the exterior of the vehicle. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 504.943(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A [ |
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commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway, | ||
during a registration period, a [ |
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display all [ |
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adopted under this chapter to be displayed on the vehicle that: | ||
(1) have been assigned by the department for the | ||
period; and | ||
(2) comply with department rules regarding the | ||
placement of license plates. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 504.943(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. 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 | ||
governed 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |