Texas Transportation Code
§ 504.801 — CREATION OF NEW SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES BY THE DEPARTMENT
TN § 504.801Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · Ch. 504. LICENSE PLATES · Art. I. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES
Statute text
View on source(a)The department may create new specialty license plates on its own initiative or on receipt of an application from a potential sponsor. A new specialty license plate created under this section must comply with each requirement of Section 504.702 unless the license is created by the department on its own initiative. The department may permit a specialty license plate created under this section to be personalized. The redesign of an existing specialty license plate at the request of a sponsor shall be treated like the issuance of a new specialty license plate.
(b)Any nonprofit entity may submit an application to the department to sponsor a new specialty license plate. An application may nominate a state agency to receive funds derived from the issuance of the license plates. The application may also identify uses to which those funds should be appropriated.
(c)The department shall design each new specialty license plate in consultation with the sponsor, if any, that applied for creation of that specialty license plate. The department may refuse to create a new specialty license plate if the design might be offensive to any member of the public, if the nominated state agency does not consent to receipt of the funds derived from issuance of the license plate, if the uses identified for those funds might violate a statute or constitutional provision, or for any other reason established by rule. At the request of the sponsor, distribution of the license plate may be limited by the department.
(d)The fee for issuance of license plates created under this subchapter before November 19, 2009, is $30 unless the department sets a higher fee. This subsection does not apply to a specialty license plate marketed and sold by a private vendor at the request of the specialty license plate sponsor. (d-1) The fee for issuance of license plates created under this subchapter on or after November 19, 2009, is the amount established under Section 504.851.
(e)For each fee collected for a license plate issued by the department under this section:
(1)$8 shall be used to reimburse the department for its administrative costs; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2553), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1381 (S.B. 1616), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 212, eff. January 1, 2012. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1287 (H.B. 2202), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2013.