82R10427 VOO-D
By: Sheffield H.B. No. 2783
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period of time between issuance of license plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 502.180(b) and (c), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) Subject to Subchapter I, the department shall issue only
one license plate or set of plates for a vehicle during an
eight-year [a five-year] period.
(c) On application and payment of the prescribed fee for a
renewal of the registration of a vehicle for each [the first,
second, third, or fourth] registration year after the issuance of a
license plate or set of plates for the vehicle, the department shall
issue a registration insignia for the validation of the license
plate or plates to be attached as provided by Subsection (d).
SECTION 2. Section 502.184(g), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(g) Replacement license plates may be used in the
registration year in which the plates are issued and during each
succeeding year of the eight-year [five-year] period as prescribed
by Section 502.180(b) if the registration insignia is properly
attached.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.