Amend CSSB 1630 by adding the following new section to the bill, appropriately numbered, and renumbering existing sections of the bill accordingly: SECTION ___. (a) Effective September 1, 1997, Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 502.009 to read as follows: Sec. 502.009. ISSUANCE AND DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATE. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, including Section 502.180, the department shall issue only one license plate for attachment at the rear of the vehicle for which the plate is issued. (b) Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, including Section 502.404(a), a person is entitled to operate on a public highway a vehicle that displays only one license plate if the plate is attached at the rear of the vehicle. (c) In any provision of this chapter that relates to the issuance or display of "license plates," "plates," or a "set of plates," the term means only one license plate. (b) The change in law made by this section relating to the display of license plates on a motor vehicle that is operated on a public highway applies only to the operation of a motor vehicle on a public highway on or after September 1, 1997. The display of license plates on a motor vehicle before September 1, 1997, is covered by the law in effect when the vehicle was operated and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.