By: Clardy (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 792
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 12, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 12, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 792 By: Nichols
COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
NicholsX
HuffinesX
EllisX
FraserX
GarciaX
HallX
HancockX
KolkhorstX
TaylorofCollinX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for antique
buses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 504.502(a) and (b), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates for
a passenger car, truck, motorcycle, bus, or former military vehicle
that:
(1) is at least 25 years old, if the vehicle is a
passenger car, truck, [or] motorcycle, or bus;
(2) is a collector's item;
(3) is used exclusively for exhibitions, club
activities, parades, and other functions of public interest and is
not used for regular transportation; and
(4) does not carry advertising.
(b) The license plates must include the words "Antique
Auto," "Antique Truck," "Antique Motorcycle," "Antique Bus," or
"Military Vehicle," as appropriate.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.
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