Tex. Transportation Code § 504.702
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§ 504.702.
Official statutory text
Sec. 504.702. SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES AUTHORIZED AFTER JANUARY 1, 1999. (a) This section applies only to specialty license plates that are authorized to be issued by a law that takes effect on or after January 1, 1999.
(b) The department may manufacture the specialty license plates only if a request for manufacture of the license plates is filed with the department. The request must be:
(1) made in a manner prescribed by the department;
(2) filed before the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the law that authorizes the issuance of the specialty license plates; and
(3) accompanied by a deposit of $8,000.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296, Sec. 247(21), eff. January 1, 2012.
(d) If a request is not filed with the department before the date specified by Subsection (b)(2), the law that authorizes the issuance of the specialty license plates expires on that date.
(e) The department may issue license plates under:
(1) Section 504.614 for a particular professional sports team only if $8,000 has been deposited with the department for that sports team; or
(2) Section 504.615 for a particular institution of higher education or private college or university only if $8,000 has been deposited with the department for that institution, college, or university.
(f) Money deposited with the department under Subsection (b)(3) or (e) shall be returned by the department to the person who made the deposit after 800 sets of plates have been issued.
(b) The department may manufacture the specialty license plates only if a request for manufacture of the license plates is filed with the department. The request must be:
(1) made in a manner prescribed by the department;
(2) filed before the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the law that authorizes the issuance of the specialty license plates; and
(3) accompanied by a deposit of $8,000.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296, Sec. 247(21), eff. January 1, 2012.
(d) If a request is not filed with the department before the date specified by Subsection (b)(2), the law that authorizes the issuance of the specialty license plates expires on that date.
(e) The department may issue license plates under:
(1) Section 504.614 for a particular professional sports team only if $8,000 has been deposited with the department for that sports team; or
(2) Section 504.615 for a particular institution of higher education or private college or university only if $8,000 has been deposited with the department for that institution, college, or university.
(f) Money deposited with the department under Subsection (b)(3) or (e) shall be returned by the department to the person who made the deposit after 800 sets of plates have been issued.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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