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| 1 | 1 | 85R2589 BEE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1154 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the offense of operating certain vehicles without a | |
| 8 | 8 | license plate. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 504.943(b), Transportation Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a | |
| 13 | 13 | public highway during a registration period a road tractor, a | |
| 14 | 14 | motorcycle, a trailer, a [or] semitrailer, or a motor vehicle | |
| 15 | 15 | equipped with technology that would be impaired by the display of a | |
| 16 | 16 | front license plate that does not display a license plate that: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) has been assigned by the department for the | |
| 18 | 18 | period; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) complies with department rules regarding the | |
| 20 | 20 | placement of license plates. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 22 | 22 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 23 | 23 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 24 | 24 | covered by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 25 | 25 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 26 | 26 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 27 | 27 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 28 | 28 | before that date. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |