78R2425 JRJ-D
By: Allen H.B. No. 434
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to amateur radio operator license plates for motorcycles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.282(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A resident of this state who holds an amateur radio
station license issued by the Federal Communications Commission and
who operates receiving and transmitting mobile amateur radio
equipment on a motorcycle or in a passenger car or [a] light truck
commonly known as a pickup truck may obtain specially designed
license plates that may include the person's amateur call letters
as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission. A person may
register more than one vehicle equipped with mobile amateur radio
equipment under this section, and the department shall issue
license plates that include the same amateur call letters for each
vehicle.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.