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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 motor vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 504.011 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.011. ISSUANCE AND DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATE. (a) |
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Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, the |
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department shall issue only one license plate for attachment at the |
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rear of the vehicle for which the plate is issued. |
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(b) Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, a |
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person is entitled to operate on a public highway a vehicle that |
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displays only one license plate if the plate is attached at the rear |
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of the vehicle. A person may operate on a public highway a vehicle |
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that displays two license plates if both plates were assigned by the |
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department for the registration 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. Section 504.943, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a |
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public highway during a registration period a passenger car, light |
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truck, road tractor, motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer that does |
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not display a license plate that: |
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(1) has been assigned by the department for the |
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period; and |
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(2) complies with department rules regarding the |
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placement of license plates. |
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(e) In this section, "light truck" and "passenger car" have |
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the meanings assigned by Section 541.201. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act regarding the |
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issuance of license plates by the Texas Department of Motor |
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Vehicles applies only to the issuance of license plates by the |
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department for a registration period beginning on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |