88R9659 BEE-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 970
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study and report by the Texas A&M Transportation
Institute on replacing buyer's temporary tags with permanent
license plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "buyer's temporary
tag" means a buyer's temporary tag issued under Section 503.063,
Transportation Code.
SECTION 2. STUDY AND REPORT. (a) The Texas A&M
Transportation Institute shall conduct a study on replacing buyer's
temporary tags with permanent license plates.
(b) The study must:
(1) evaluate the feasibility of authorizing:
(A) a dealer to issue permanent license plates to
a buyer at the time of the sale of a motor vehicle, including for a
vehicle sale taking place on the Internet; and
(B) the use of license plates issued at the
initial retail sale of a motor vehicle in this state by the initial
owner and all subsequent owners of the vehicle for the life of the
vehicle in this state; and
(2) estimate the financial and any other benefits to
this state of the proposals described in Subdivision (1) of this
subsection, including any anticipated reduction in:
(A) fraud related to the current system for
issuing buyer's temporary tags; and
(B) costs to all levels of government in this
state of:
(i) the current system for issuing buyer's
temporary tags; and
(ii) the current requirement that new
permanent license plates be issued for a motor vehicle for each
retail sale of the vehicle.
(c) Not later than November 1, 2024, the Texas A&M
Transportation Institute shall submit to the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the legislature a report on the results of
the study conducted under this section.
SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires January 1, 2025.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
1, 2023.