88R13142 MZM-D
By: Morrison H.B. No. 4987
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale of specialty license plates by the Texas
Department of Motor Vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 504.011 to read as follows:
Sec. 504.011. SALE OF SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES ON
DEPARTMENT INTERNET WEBSITE. Subject to any limitations provided
by a contract between the department and a private vendor under
Subchapter J, the department shall make all specialty license
plates authorized by this chapter available for purchase on the
department's Internet website, including all specialty license
plates that are also sold by the private vendor.
SECTION 2. Section 504.851, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows:
(n) A private vendor under a contract with the department as
authorized by this section shall include on the vendor's Internet
website a link to the department's Internet website on which a
person may directly purchase specialty license plates from the
department, as provided by Section 504.011.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.