78R5592 DWS-F
By: Williams S.B. No. 746
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to special Texas constable license plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.2952 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.2952. TEXAS CONSTABLE LICENSE PLATES. (a) The
department shall design and provide for the issuance of special
license plates for a passenger car or light truck that is owned by a
person who is a constable or deputy constable of this state.
(b) License plates issued under this section shall bear the
words "Texas Constable."
(c) The department shall issue license plates under this
section to a person who:
(1) applies to the county tax collector in the county
of the person's residence on a form prescribed by the department;
(2) pays the fee prescribed by Subsection (d); and
(3) submits with the application proof that the person
is a constable or deputy constable of this state.
(d) The fee for registration under this section and issuance
of the special license plates is the fee otherwise prescribed by
this chapter for the vehicle.
(e) Registration under this section is valid for one year
and expires in the same manner as do regular motor vehicle
registrations, except as provided by Subsection (f).
(f) Registration under this section expires when the owner
of the vehicle for which the special plates were issued ceases to be
a constable or deputy constable. The owner shall return the special
license plates to the department.
(g) If the owner of a vehicle for which plates are issued
under this section disposes of the vehicle during a registration
year, the person shall return the special plates to the department
and at that time may apply for issuance of those plates to another
vehicle.
(h) If license plates issued under this section are lost,
stolen, or mutilated, the owner of the vehicle for which the plates
were issued may obtain replacement plates from the department by
paying a replacement fee of $5.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.