2023S0287-1 03/09/23 By: Wilson H.B. No. 4861 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the creation and issuance of specialty license plates. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 504.301, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a-1) In designing specialty license plates under Subsection (a), the department may consider design recommendations from persons who are eligible to be issued a specialty license plate under this subchapter. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.