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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to fees for the issuance of certain specialty license |
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plates and an exemption from vehicle registration for certain |
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trailers, semitrailers, tractors, and implements of husbandry. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 502.147 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 502.147. CERTAIN FARM TRAILERS, FARM SEMITRAILERS, |
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FARM TRACTORS, AND IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY. An owner is not |
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required to register a farm trailer or farm semitrailer with a gross |
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weight of 4,000 pounds or less or a farm tractor or an implement of |
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husbandry if the trailer, semitrailer, tractor, or implement is |
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operated only temporarily on the highways. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.3015(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person applying for a set of license plates under this |
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subchapter shall pay the registration fee required under Chapter |
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502 and the applicable special plate fee required under this |
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section, except that one set of license plates shall be issued |
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without the payment of the registration fee under: |
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(1) Section 504.308; |
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(2) Section 504.310(b); |
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(3) Section 504.315, other than Subsections (c) and |
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(q) of that section; [and] |
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(4) Section 504.316; and |
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(5) Section 504.319. |
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SECTION 3. Section 504.512, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows: |
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(b) There is no fee for issuance of the license plates. |
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SECTION 4. Section 504.513, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates |
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for: |
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(1) volunteer firefighters certified by: |
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(A) the Texas Commission on Fire Protection; or |
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(B) the State Firefighters' [Firemen's] and Fire |
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Marshals' Association of Texas; and |
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(2) fire protection personnel as that term is defined |
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by Section 419.021, Government Code. |
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(c) There is no fee for issuance of the license plates. |
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SECTION 5. Section 504.516, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) There is no fee for issuance of the license plates. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |