88R3138 BEE-D
 
  By: Metcalf H.B. No. 1222
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to license plates issued for and displayed on a vehicle.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 504.010, Transportation Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  On payment of the prescribed fee, an applicant for motor
  vehicle registration shall be issued a license plate or set of
  plates, provided that the department must issue a set of two plates
  to an applicant for registration of a passenger car or light truck.
         (d)  Rules adopted under Subsection (c) must authorize a
  passenger car or light truck to display only a rear license plate if
  the motor vehicle is not equipped by the manufacturer with an
  exterior front feature to which a license plate may be fastened
  without drilling through the exterior of the vehicle.
         SECTION 2.  Section 504.943(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A [Except as provided by Subsection (b), a] person
  commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway,
  during a registration period, a [motor] vehicle that does not
  display all [two] license plates required by this chapter or a rule
  adopted under this chapter to be displayed on the vehicle that:
               (1)  have been assigned by the department for the
  period; and
               (2)  comply with department rules regarding the
  placement of license plates.
         SECTION 3.  Section 504.943(b), Transportation Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 4.  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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.