By: Uresti S.B. No. 1757
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of license plate flipper and providing a
penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 504, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Section 504.946 to read as follows:
Section 504.496. LICENSE PLATE FLIPPER (a) "License Plate
Flipper" means a manual, electric, or mechanical device that allows
an individual to flip, replace, hide, obscure, or otherwise inhibit
the visibility of one or both of the license plates registered to
the vehicle.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person possesses a
license plate flipper as defined in Subsection (a).
(c) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class B
misdemeanor, except that:
(1) an offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the person
distributes, manufactures, sells, or otherwise furnishes a license
plate flipper to another;
(2) if the person uses a license plate flipper before,
during, or after the commission of an offense to avoid
identification or detection for the offense for which the license
plate flipper was used, the offense is one category higher than the
most serious offense that was committed, and if the most serious
offense is a Class A misdemeanor, the offense is a state jail
felony, except that if the most serious offense is a felony of the
first degree, the offense is a felony of the first degree.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.