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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the period of time between issuance of license plates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 502.180(b) and (c), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Subject to Subchapter I, the department shall issue only |
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one license plate or set of plates for a vehicle during an |
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eight-year [a five-year] period. |
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(c) On application and payment of the prescribed fee for a |
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renewal of the registration of a vehicle for each [the first,
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second, third, or fourth] registration year after the issuance of a |
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license plate or set of plates for the vehicle, the department shall |
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issue a registration insignia for the validation of the license |
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plate or plates to be attached as provided by Subsection (d). |
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SECTION 2. Section 502.184(g), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(g) Replacement license plates may be used in the |
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registration year in which the plates are issued and during each |
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succeeding year of the eight-year [five-year] period as prescribed |
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by Section 502.180(b) if the registration insignia is properly |
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attached. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |