Bill Text: TX HB502 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the display of a license plate only on the rear of a motor vehicle; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Transportation [HB502 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB502-Introduced.html
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By: Wu | H.B. No. 502 |
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relating to the display of a license plate only on the rear of a | ||
motor vehicle; authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 504.010, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: | ||
(d) Rules adopted under Subsection (c) must: | ||
(1) authorize a motor vehicle to display only a rear | ||
license plate if the applicant for the vehicle's registration pays | ||
to the department an annual fee of $50; and | ||
(2) require a motor vehicle that displays only a rear | ||
license plate as authorized by Subdivision (1) to display on the | ||
vehicle's windshield a distinctive insignia issued by the | ||
department for validation of that authorization. | ||
(e) The department shall deposit a fee collected under | ||
Subsection (d) to the credit of the state highway fund. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 504.943(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person commits | ||
an offense if the person operates on a public highway, during a | ||
registration period, a motor vehicle that does not display in | ||
compliance with department rules: | ||
(1) two license plates [ |
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period; or [ |
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(2) a rear license plate assigned by the department | ||
for the period and a windshield insignia as described by Section | ||
504.010(d) [ |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |