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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the vehicles authorized to be equipped with a digital |
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license plate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.154(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The board by rule shall allow a vehicle registered under |
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Chapter 502 [described by Subsection (b)] to be equipped with a |
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digital license plate that is placed on the rear of the vehicle in |
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lieu of a physical license plate issued under this chapter. The |
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rule must require the owner of a vehicle issued a digital license |
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plate to obtain a physical license plate to be placed on the front |
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of the vehicle unless the vehicle is of a class of vehicles that is |
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not required to display two license plates, as provided by other |
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law. |
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SECTION 2. Section 504.154(b), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |