86R807 BEE-D
By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 673
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 [or] semitrailer, or a luxury passenger
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.