Bill Text: TX HB673 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the criminal offense of operating certain vehicles without a license plate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Referred to Transportation [HB673 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB673-Introduced.html
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By: King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 673 |
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relating to the criminal 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, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) 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 [ |
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car 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. | ||
(b-1) In this section, "luxury passenger car" means a | ||
passenger car that has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of | ||
at least $60,000 for a baseline model. | ||
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 | ||
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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |