How SB805 changes current law

Compared against the Texas statutes as published AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.

This bill amends 2 section(s) of the Texas statutes: Section 504.011, Transportation Code, Section 504.943, Transportation Code.

• Section 504.011, Transportation Code

  Sec. 504.011. ISSUANCE AND DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATE FOR PASSENGER CAR OR LIGHT TRUCK. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, the department shall issue only one license plate for attachment at the rear of a passenger car or light truck for which the plate is issued. (b) Notwithstanding anything in this code to the contrary, a person is entitled to operate on a public highway a passenger car or light truck 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 passenger car or light truck 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" for a passenger car or light truck, the term means only one license plate.

  added

• Section 504.943, Transportation Code

  passenger car, light truck, (f) In this section, "light truck" and "passenger car" have the meanings assigned by Section 541.201.

  amended