Amend CSHB 2357 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Sections 502.180(b) and (c), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:

(b)  Subject to Subchapter I, the department shall issue only one license plate or set of plates for a vehicle during a five year period of no less than eight years.

(c)  On application and payment of the prescribed fee for a renewal of the registration of a vehicle for each [the first, second, third, or fourth] registration year after the issuance of a license plate or set of plates for the vehicle, the department shall issue a registration insignia for the validation of the license plate or plates to be attached as provided by Subsection (d).

SECTION ____.  Section 502.184(g), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(g)  Replacement license plates may be used in the registration year in which the plates are issued and during each succeeding year of a the five year period of no less than eight years as prescribed by Section 502.180(b) if the registration insignia is properly attached.