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.