87R2669 BEE-D
 
  By: Taylor S.B. No. 2012
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the offense of operating certain vehicles without a
  license plate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 504.943, Transportation Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  A person commits an offense if the person operates on a
  public highway during a registration period a road tractor, a 
  motorcycle, a trailer, a [or] semitrailer, or a motor vehicle
  equipped by the manufacturer with not more than one area to display
  a license plate that does not display a license plate that:
               (1)  has been assigned by the department for the
  period; and
               (2)  complies with department rules regarding the
  placement of license plates.
         (b-1)  In this section, "area to display a license plate"
  means a feature of the exterior front or rear of a motor vehicle to
  which a license plate may be fastened as required by rules regarding
  the placement of license plates adopted by the board under Section
  504.010(c). The term does not include a feature to which a license
  plate may be fastened only after drilling through the exterior of
  the vehicle.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.