Law Change...Front License Plate in Texas
 

Hey guys...my little brother is in the Police Academy this semester and he said that as of Sept. 1st the State of Texas changed the license plate law so that we are no longer required to have a front license plate on our cars. Has anyone else heard this yet? Does anyone know where to go to look this up?

I checked here http://www.tea.state.tx.us/drive/2005laws.html and didn't see it, but I may have missed it.

I got pulled over for speeding on 9/3 and the Cop told me I need to have a front license plate so I would say that is incorrect.

Lol, I got pulled over for speeding on 9/4 and the cop didn't say anything about it to me.

you guys get pulled over a lot :)

I got pulled over for speeding on 9/4 and was taken straight to guantanamo bay. He didn't mention anything about the license plate, so i think were okay.

is there any website or confirmation on this ... pls post....

I would like to know...got a lot of friends without that front plate. Please hold everyone...I'm on the the line with JC :rolleyes:

Alright to clarify...the law did not pass. The house passed it, but the senate pulled that article out of the bill and then the bill died in committee. So the petition that everyone is signing online is for nothing. Sorry guys...I hated :mad: that plate too...got MS plates now though!! :cool:

The actual law:

502.404. OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT LICENSE PLATE OR
REGISTRATION INSIGNIA. (a) A person commits an offense if the
person operates on a public highway during a registration period a
passenger car or commercial motor vehicle that does not display two
license plates, at the front and rear of the vehicle, that have
been:
(1) assigned by the department for the period; or
(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the
department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the
period.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a
public highway during a registration period a passenger car or
commercial motor vehicle, other than a vehicle assigned license
plates for the registration period, that does not properly display
the registration insignia issued by the department that establishes
that the license plates have been validated for the period.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a
public highway during a registration period a road tractor,
motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer that does not display a license
plate, attached to the rear of the vehicle, that has been:
(1) assigned by the department for the period; or
(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the
department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the
period.
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a dealer
operating a vehicle as provided by law.
(e) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.

Well, I called my friend who is the chief of police here in Waxahachie and left him a message...I will let you guys know what he says when he calls me back.

good lesson
 

police arent the best people to as ask about law. thats what lawyers are for. ive know several people who talked w/police about laws (thinking the police knew) only to find out that the cop was wrong or didnt care about enforcing that particular law.

FACTS:

The law did NOT pass.

It was part of HB3540 which eventually did get passed, however the specific subsection related the license plates was dropped from the bill several months ago while it was making it's way through the Texas Senate.

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