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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of certain license plates and tags. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 503.061, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 503.061. DEALER'S LICENSE PLATES. (a) Instead of |
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registering under Chapter 502 a vehicle that the dealer owns, |
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operates, or permits to be operated on a public street or highway, |
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the dealer may apply for, receive, and attach metal dealer's |
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license plates, including specialty plates issued in accordance |
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with Chapter 504, Subchapter J, Transportation Code, to the vehicle |
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if it is the type of vehicle: |
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(1) that the dealer sells; and |
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(2) for which the dealer has been issued a general |
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distinguishing number. |
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(b) The board may adopt rules regulating the issuance and |
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use of a license plate issued pursuant to the terms of this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 503.615, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 503.0615. PERSONALIZED PRESTIGE DEALER'S LICENSE |
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PLATES. (a) The department shall establish and issue personalized |
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prestige dealer's license plates. The department may not issue |
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identically lettered or numbered dealer's plates to more than one |
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dealer. |
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(b) The department shall establish procedures for |
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continuous application for and issuance of personalized prestige |
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dealer's license plates. A dealer must make a new application and |
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pay a new fee for each registration period for which the dealer |
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seeks to obtain personalized prestige dealer's license plates. A |
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dealer who obtains personalized prestige dealer's license plates |
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has first priority on those plates for each subsequent registration |
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period for which the dealer applies. |
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(c) The annual fee for personalized prestige dealer's |
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license plates is $40, in addition to any fee otherwise prescribed |
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by this chapter. |
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(d) The department may issue to an applicant only one set of |
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personalized prestige dealer's license plates for a vehicle for a |
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six-year period. The department may issue a new set of personalized |
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prestige dealer's license plates within the six-year period if the |
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applicant pays a fee of $50 in addition to the fees required by |
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Subsection (c). |
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(e) On application and payment of the required fee for a |
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registration period following the issuance of the plates, the |
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department shall issue a registration insignia. |
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(f) Of each fee collected by the department under this |
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section: |
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(1) $1.25 shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas |
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Department of Motor Vehicles fund to defray the cost of |
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administering this section; and |
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(2) the remainder shall be deposited to the credit of |
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the general revenue fund. |
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(g) For purposes of this section, "personalized prestige |
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dealer license plate(s)" shall include three specialty plate |
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designs, as designated by the private vendor, authorized and issued |
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in accordance with Chapter 504, Subchapter J, Transportation Code. |
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Section 3. Section 504.401, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 504.401. STATE OFFICIALS. (a) The department shall |
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issue specialty license plates to a state official. |
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(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296, Sec. |
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247(11), eff. January 1, 2012. |
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(c) The registration remains valid until December 31 of each |
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year. |
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(d) In this section, "state official" means: |
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(1) a member of the legislature; |
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(2) the governor; |
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(3) the lieutenant governor; |
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(4) a justice of the supreme court; |
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(5) a judge of the court of criminal appeals; |
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(6) the attorney general; |
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(7) the commissioner of the General Land Office; |
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(8) the comptroller; |
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(9) a member of the Railroad Commission of Texas; |
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(10) the commissioner of agriculture; |
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(11) the secretary of state; or |
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(12) a member of the State Board of Education. |
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(e) For purposes of this section, "specialty license |
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plates" shall include plate designs authorized and issued in |
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accordance with Chapter 504, Subchapter J, Transportation Code. |
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Section 4. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2019. |