Texas Transportation Code 504.853 – Specialty and Personalized License Plates Issued Before November 19, 2009
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(a) A specialty or personalized license plate issued before November 19, 2009, may be issued for a subsequent registration period only if the applicant submits an application and pays the required fee for the applicable registration period. A person who is issued a personalized license plate has first priority on that license plate for each subsequent registration period for which the person submits a new application for that plate.
(b) Unless the board by rule adopts a higher fee or the license plate is not renewed annually, the fee for issuance of a license plate issued before November 19, 2009, is:
(1) the fee provided for in § 504.601 for a specialty license plate; and
(2) $40 for a personalized license plate.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 504.853
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) A person who is issued a specialty or personalized license plate by the department before November 19, 2009, may:
(1) submit an application for the plate under Subsection (a) and pay the required fee for each subsequent registration period under Subsection (b); or
(2) purchase through the private vendor a license to display the alphanumeric pattern on a license plate for any term allowed by law.
(d) The department may not issue a replacement set of personalized license plates to the same person before the period set by rule unless the applicant for issuance of replacement plates pays an additional fee of $30.
(e) Of each fee collected by the department under Subsection (b)(2):
(1) $1.25 shall be used by the department to defray the cost of administering this section; and
(2) the remainder shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.