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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the offense of operating certain vehicles without a |
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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 504.943, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a |
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public highway during a registration period a road tractor, a |
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motorcycle, a trailer, a [or] semitrailer, or a motor vehicle |
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equipped by the manufacturer with not more than one area to display |
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a license plate that does not display a license plate that: |
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(1) has been assigned by the department for the |
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period; and |
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(2) complies with department rules regarding the |
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placement of license plates. |
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(b-1) In this section, "area to display a license plate" |
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means a feature of the exterior front or rear of a motor vehicle to |
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which a license plate may be fastened as required by rules regarding |
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the placement of license plates adopted by the board under Section |
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504.010(c). The term does not include a feature to which a license |
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plate may be fastened only after drilling through the exterior of |
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the vehicle. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |