88R3138 BEE-D
By: Metcalf H.B. No. 1222
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to license plates issued for and displayed on a vehicle.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 504.010, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(a) On payment of the prescribed fee, an applicant for motor
vehicle registration shall be issued a license plate or set of
plates, provided that the department must issue a set of two plates
to an applicant for registration of a passenger car or light truck.
(d) Rules adopted under Subsection (c) must authorize a
passenger car or light truck to display only a rear license plate if
the motor vehicle is not equipped by the manufacturer with an
exterior front feature to which a license plate may be fastened
without drilling through the exterior of the vehicle.
SECTION 2. Section 504.943(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A [Except as provided by Subsection (b), a] person
commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway,
during a registration period, a [motor] vehicle that does not
display all [two] license plates required by this chapter or a rule
adopted under this chapter to be displayed on the vehicle that:
(1) have been assigned by the department for the
period; and
(2) comply with department rules regarding the
placement of license plates.
SECTION 3. Section 504.943(b), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.