Tex. Transp. Code § 504.853 · Subchapter J. MARKETING OF SPECIALTY PLATES THROUGH PRIVATE VENDOR
SPECIALTY AND PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES ISSUED BEFORE NOVEMBER 19, 2009.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A specialty or personalized license plate issued before November 19, 2009, may be issued for a subsequent registration period only if the applicant submits an application and pays the required fee for the applicable registration period. A person who is issued a personalized license plate has first priority on that license plate for each subsequent registration period for which the person submits a new application for that plate.
(b) Unless the board by rule adopts a higher fee or the license plate is not renewed annually, the fee for issuance of a license plate issued before November 19, 2009, is:
(1) the fee provided for in Section 504.601 for a specialty license plate; and
(2) $40 for a personalized license plate.
(c) A person who is issued a specialty or personalized license plate by the department before November 19, 2009, may:
(1) submit an application for the plate under Subsection (a) and pay the required fee for each subsequent registration period under Subsection (b); or
(2) purchase through the private vendor a license to display the alphanumeric pattern on a license plate for any term allowed by law.
(d) The department may not issue a replacement set of personalized license plates to the same person before the period set by rule unless the applicant for issuance of replacement plates pays an additional fee of $30.
(e) Of each fee collected by the department under Subsection (b)(2):
(1) $1.25 shall be used by the department to defray the cost of administering this section; and
(2) the remainder shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1381 (S.B. 1616), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 217, eff. January 1, 2012.
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