Amend SB 1816 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 3, line 25, strike "This" and substitute "Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this".

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Effective September 1, 2022, Section 504.154(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  The board by rule shall allow a vehicle registered under Chapter 502 [described by Subsection (b)] to be equipped with a digital license plate that is placed on the rear of the vehicle in lieu of a physical license plate issued under this chapter. The rule must require the owner of a vehicle issued a digital license plate to obtain a physical license plate to be placed on the front of the vehicle unless the vehicle is of a class of vehicles that is not required to display two license plates, as provided by other law.

SECTION ____.  Effective September 1, 2022, Section 504.154(b), Transportation Code, is repealed.