No More Front Plates In TX!!!!! LAW PASSES!!!

[TXSTYLE]

NEW TEXAS LAW TO TAKE EFFECT THIS SEPTEMBER!!!

Originally Posted by Texas House of Represenatives

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.

Of all the years and cars I've owned here, I have received just two tickets for this, both of which were dismissed by me rigging a plate up taking a picture and presenting it to the court. BUT... What a pain in the azz is that? :icon22: So now after ALL these years, come @ 90 days, that B.S. is over! What is so ridiculous is that TONS of cars roll around without them everyday, particularly the MANY nice cars that in the N. Dallas/Plano area (I know TX has nice cars everywhere though). Let's be real who in their right mind wants to deface their beloved rolling works of art? Not I, hell... since I MUST have a plate in the rear, I have had "personalized plates" since 1992!

[Pirate400]

thats awesome!! Seriously though, cops would use the missing front plate as a reason to pull you over to see what you were doing. I was pulled over 3 times for "no front plate" as they said but every time they wanted to ask tons of questions and all. I never even got written warnings, they were all verbal. If you are gonna take the time to pull my butt over, atleast give me some paperwork! Cant a young guy drive a nice car without being suspicious?

[TXSTYLE]

Originally Posted by Pirate400

thats awesome!! Seriously though, cops would use the missing front plate as a reason to pull you over to see what you were doing. I was pulled over 3 times for "no front plate" as they said but every time they wanted to ask tons of questions and all. I never even got written warnings, they were all verbal. If you are gonna take the time to pull my butt over, atleast give me some paperwork! Cant a young guy drive a nice car without being suspicious?

I agree. That and it usually is tacked on to a speeding ticket if they choose to be arses.

[mmarshall]

It's nice that the legislature saw things your way. But......like I said long ago in other threads on this same subject...the correct way to handle a two-plate law is to obey it and work for change legally like this....NOT to openly flout it by driving with only one plate. That is just asking for trouble, and a judge is not likely to be very symphathetic to it.

[GS4fun]

Wish that was the case in NJ as well....

[TLW]

Originally Posted by GS4fun

Wish that was the case in NJ as well....

and i hope soon

[southernsc]

THANK GOD!!!!!!! not that i have had one on anyway, but still

[Rx900]

oh man! i wonder when they'll pass that for california (shhhhh, don't tell the cops) hint hint. lol.

[Stage3]

good, now have them pay for a replacement front bumper for your car and youll be all set!

[rominl]

man this is good news for you for sure.

i wonder if that will even be mentioned here in cali..... sigh

[NAZTY97]

Now I can be legal??? WooooHoooo!!! ... been pulled over too many times, but never gotten a ticket for that.... just some smack talkage.... hell, the crazy thing is the same DPS officer pulled me over twice about it... just told him I ordered the bracket and it hadn't come in yet...

[KneeShoe00]

ahhahaha........I don't have a front plate in CALI anyways...cheAAH....

TXSTYLE...... ....your about 25 years late with my car for real though....

- Nizhu

[Gojirra99]

I wish the same up here

[SCRUFFDOGG]

I've heard rumors that this may happen in Washington too, man I hope so!

[GenOneGS]

YES !!!!!