Tex. Transp. Code § 504.852 · Subchapter J. MARKETING OF SPECIALTY PLATES THROUGH PRIVATE VENDOR
CONTRACT LIMITATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a contract under Section 504.851, the department may not:
(1) unreasonably disapprove or limit any aspect of a private vendor's marketing and sales plan;
(2) unreasonably interfere with the selection, assignment, or management by the private vendor of the private vendor's employees, agents, or subcontractors; or
(3) require a private vendor to market and sell souvenir license plates, specialty license plates, or souvenir or specialty license plates personalized under Section 504.102.
(b) If a private vendor contracts to market and sell souvenir license plates, specialty license plates, or souvenir or specialty license plates personalized under Section 504.102, the initial term of the contract shall be for at least five years from the effective date of the contract. The contract may provide, with the agreement of the department and the private vendor, a second term at least equal in length to the initial term of the contract.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a private vendor may not market and sell souvenir license plates, specialty license plates, or souvenir or specialty license plates personalized under Section 504.102 that compete directly for sales with another specialty license plate issued under this chapter unless the department and the sponsoring agency or organization of the other license plate approve.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 754 (H.B. 2894), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.
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