By: Taylor S.B. No. 2012
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the 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 motor vehicle
equipped by the manufacturer with not more than one area to display
a license plate 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, "area to display a license plate"
means a feature of the exterior front or rear of a motor vehicle to
which a license plate may be fastened as required by rules regarding
the placement of license plates adopted by the board under Section
504.010(c). The term does not include a feature to which a license
plate may be fastened only after drilling through the exterior of
the vehicle.
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, 2021.