By: Clardy (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 792
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
  May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation; May 12, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
  May 12, 2015, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 792 By:  Nichols
 
 
 
  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         NicholsX
         HuffinesX
         EllisX
         FraserX
         GarciaX
         HallX
         HancockX
         KolkhorstX
         TaylorofCollinX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for antique
  buses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 504.502(a) and (b), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The department shall issue specialty license plates for
  a passenger car, truck, motorcycle, bus, or former military vehicle
  that:
               (1)  is at least 25 years old, if the vehicle is a
  passenger car, truck, [or] motorcycle, or bus;
               (2)  is a collector's item;
               (3)  is used exclusively for exhibitions, club
  activities, parades, and other functions of public interest and is
  not used for regular transportation; and
               (4)  does not carry advertising.
         (b)  The license plates must include the words "Antique
  Auto," "Antique Truck," "Antique Motorcycle," "Antique Bus," or
  "Military Vehicle," as appropriate.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.
 
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