88R13142 MZM-D
 
  By: Morrison H.B. No. 4987
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the sale of specialty license plates by the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 504.011 to read as follows:
         Sec. 504.011.  SALE OF SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES ON
  DEPARTMENT INTERNET WEBSITE. Subject to any limitations provided
  by a contract between the department and a private vendor under
  Subchapter J, the department shall make all specialty license
  plates authorized by this chapter available for purchase on the
  department's Internet website, including all specialty license
  plates that are also sold by the private vendor. 
         SECTION 2.  Section 504.851, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows:
         (n)  A private vendor under a contract with the department as
  authorized by this section shall include on the vendor's Internet
  website a link to the department's Internet website on which a
  person may directly purchase specialty license plates from the
  department, as provided by Section 504.011. 
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.