Mike TexaSS

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I found this on www.houston-mustangs.com


ARTICLE 9. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF LICENSE PLATES ISSUED
SECTION 9.01. Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 502.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.010. ISSUANCE AND DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATE. (a)
Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, including
Section 502.180, the department shall issue only one license plate
for attachment at the rear of the vehicle for which the plate is
issued.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary,
including Section 502.404(a), a person is entitled to operate on a
public highway a vehicle that displays only one license plate if the
plate is attached at the rear of the vehicle. A person may operate
on a public highway a vehicle that displays two license plates if
both plates were assigned by the department for the registration
period as a set of plates.
(c) In any provision of this code that relates to the
issuance or display of "license plates," "plates," or a "set of
plates," the term means only one license plate.
SECTION 9.02. The change in law made by this article
regarding the issuance of license plates by the Texas Department of
Transportation applies only to the issuance of license plates by
the department for a registration period beginning on or after the
effective date of this article. For a registration period that
begins before the effective date of this article, the department
shall issue license plates as required by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this article, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 9.03. This article takes effect September 1, 2005.

240M3SRT

It seems to say towards the end that plates issued up to sept 1 must still be displayed in pair, only plates on or after sept 1 can only be displayed singularly. At least thats what i get outta that.

txhorns281

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Methinks that after Sept 05, no cop is gonna give a D... Maybe they'll even stop caring now, unless they wanna hold on to these last few months while they can...

CrimeSScene

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Might be time to re-register with some personalized plates or something different after Sept. 1st.

BLACKND

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Exactly what me thinks.

luvmeZ28

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just tell them someone stole your plates. unless youre looking to get personalized plates anyway. it only costs like 6 bucks to get new ones.

i know it sounds stupid, but it works

Inspector12

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[/QUOTE]Might be time to re-register with some personalized plates or something different after Sept. 1st.[QUOTE]

Yep Yep!

Strini SS

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No front plates ticket is the dumbest ticket ever, I have had 2-3 tickets for it and used the same picture of my car with plates each time I've gone to court and had it dismissed. Just a waste of time.

So yeah it will be good to see them do away with the law.

Brandon

luvmeZ28

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they let you get it dismissed? the JP or judge, whatever he was told me that wasnt possible. but he did let me slide and only pay court costs. i only had my car for like 2 weeks and the dealer didnt give me a front plate, nor were there holes to have one mounted.

Strini SS

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Never had to go infront of the judge. Whoever the peps are you talk to before the judge dismissed the tickets.


Brandon

BizZzatch350

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Yeah, its in the house, its really a stupid law, but dont they use front plates to give out those running stop light tickets? Isnt that what they take a photo off? I think cars , regular cars that is, should come with two plates, I mean I'm not going to take the front plate of my Blazer or any thing. But people should have the option to have only one plate, other states do and most people arent goint to take their front plate off. But I wont get my hopes up, no I wont get my hopes up

Mike TexaSS

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Well I think there are going to be a lot of custom plates ordered this year.

"402 LS2" For my 1999 FRC Vette

"IMPIN" for my 1996 Impala SS

FIREHAWK #07

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Now they will probably charge double for custom plates....
J/J

luvmeZ28

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the only two people i talked to before the judge were the rude as could be DPS officer and the judges clerk(?) and the clerk told me i was totally screwed, then the judge let me off with just the costs. oh well.

RawWS6

OK so what's the deal with it? Did it really pass? I read one thread that says it didn't pass. I read one that says it did. I tried figuring out what the hell is going on at http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-b...03540&SORT=Asc but it's way too confusing for me.

XtinctHawk02

I don't think it passed.

cyphur

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time to get those DV plates......

SS 4 ME

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The way it looks to me is that it passed, but it's not effective until November 1 this year. It is very hard to decipher a lot of the stuff on that website link.

I took my front plate off my windshield a month ago. It was actually an obstruction IMO and more of a danger in that respect than it not being on the windshield at all. I see AT LEAST one po-po car on the way to & from work every day, and so far they've left me alone.

ACW

It did not pass, the bill which it was one small part of was killed. There have been multiple threads about it, this is one of several and is outdated...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/texas-members/338792-tx-no-front-plate-law-last-shot.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/texas-members/336140-more-bad-news.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/texas-members/328010-no-front-plate-law-still-alive-barely-s-time-put-up-shut-up.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/texas-members/317619-front-plate.html

blakester

I don't understand why you get so many tickets for this. I have owned 3 different cars in the past 5 years, a LT1 TA, a LS1 TA, and now a 03 Cobra and none of them have had front plates. I have never received a ticket for no front plate, knock on wood. I have also lived in Jersey Village and now i live on 1960 by the mall which are both known for COP'S. I do hope they pass this no front plate thing. I was just wondering did you get pulled over for something else and then they noticed you have no front plate and then they gave you a ticket, or is that the reason they pulled you over to begin with?