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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the number of license plates to be issued for and |
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displayed on a motor vehicle. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 502.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 502.010. ISSUANCE AND DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATE. (a) |
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Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, including |
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Section 502.180, the department shall issue only one license plate |
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for attachment at the rear of the vehicle for which the plate is |
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issued. |
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(b) Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, |
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including Section 502.404(a), a person is entitled to operate on a |
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public highway a vehicle that displays only one license plate if the |
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plate is attached at the rear of the vehicle. A person may operate |
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on a public highway a vehicle that displays two license plates if |
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both plates were assigned by the department for the registration |
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period as a set of plates. |
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(c) In any provision of this code that relates to the |
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issuance or display of "license plates," "plates," or a "set of |
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plates," the term means only one license plate. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act regarding the |
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issuance of license plates by the Texas Department of |
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Transportation applies only to the issuance of license plates by |
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the department for a registration period beginning on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. For a registration period that begins |
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before the effective date of this Act, the department shall issue |
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license plates as required by the law in effect immediately before |
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the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |