By: Uresti S.B. No. 1757
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of license plate flipper and providing a
  penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 504, Transportation Code, is amended by
  adding Section 504.946 to read as follows:
         Section 504.496.  LICENSE PLATE FLIPPER  (a)  "License Plate
  Flipper" means a manual, electric, or mechanical device that allows
  an individual to flip, replace, hide, obscure, or otherwise inhibit
  the visibility of one or both of the license plates registered to
  the vehicle.
         (b)  A person commits an offense if the person possesses a
  license plate flipper as defined in Subsection (a).
         (c)  An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class B
  misdemeanor, except that:
               (1)  an offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the person
  distributes, manufactures, sells, or otherwise furnishes a license
  plate flipper to another;
               (2)  if the person uses a license plate flipper before,
  during, or after the commission of an offense to avoid
  identification or detection for the offense for which the license
  plate flipper was used, the offense is one category higher than the
  most serious offense that was committed, and if the most serious
  offense is a Class A misdemeanor, the offense is a state jail
  felony, except that if the most serious offense is a felony of the
  first degree, the offense is a felony of the first degree.
  SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.