Background Checks For Apartments! (West: tenants, license plate, transportation)

[Texas User]

Originally Posted by lhafer

Yes they require it. It was STATE TROOPER who pulled me over, not a city cop. I hadn't had the plate on for like a year, due to being in an accident and getting a new bumper that didn't fit my plate. He was in front of me, and I'm pretty sure he wanted to run my plates while he was in front of me. And because he couldn't do it, pulled me over. He got lucky as I was "hot" one. At least he was nice about it and let me follow him in my own car to the jail. Totally sucked as I was on my way to my bridal shower....

You can't go to jail for no having a front license plate. Oh wait, you also had a warrant right?

[sevfiv]

There's this, but I don't think it passed. If that's correct, you need two plates:
Texas Legislature Online - 80(R) History for HB 1666

And there's this:

Sec. 502.404. OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT LICENSE PLATE OR REGISTRATION INSIGNIA. (a) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a passenger car or commercial motor vehicle that does not display two license plates, at the front and rear of the vehicle, that have been:

(1) assigned by the department for the period; or

(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the period.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a passenger car or commercial motor vehicle, other than a vehicle assigned license plates for the registration period, that does not properly display the registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the license plates have been validated for the period.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person operates on a public highway during a registration period a road tractor, motorcycle, trailer, or semitrailer that does not display a license plate, attached to the rear of the vehicle, that has been:

(1) assigned by the department for the period; or

(2) validated by a registration insignia issued by the department that establishes that the vehicle is registered for the period.

(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a dealer operating a vehicle as provided by law.

(e) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.

(f) A court may dismiss a charge brought under Subsection (a) if the defendant:

(1) remedies the defect before the defendant's first court appearance; and

(2) pays an administrative fee not to exceed $10.

(g) A court may dismiss a charge brought under Subsection (b) if the defendant:

(1) shows that:

(A) the passenger car or commercial motor vehicle was issued a registration insignia by the department that establishes that the vehicle was registered for the period during which the offense was committed; and

(B) the registration insignia described in Paragraph (A) was attached to the passenger car or commercial motor vehicle before the defendant's first court appearance; and

(2) pays an administrative fee not to exceed $10.

TRANSPORTATION CODEÂ*Â* CHAPTER 502. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/TN/content/htm/tn.007.00.000502.00.htm#502.404.00 - broken link)

[Texas User]

Originally Posted by sevfiv

There's this, but I don't think it passed. If that's correct, you need two plates:
Texas Legislature Online - 80(R) History for HB 1666

And there's this:

TRANSPORTATION CODEÂ*Â* CHAPTER 502. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/TN/content/htm/tn.007.00.000502.00.htm#502.404.00 - broken link)

So which one is it?
Both has not passed?

[Texas User]

The new vehicles do not have brackets to instlal front plates.

Has anyone got pulled over? What was the ticket?

[Sea2LV2Hou]

Originally Posted by Texas User

The new vehicles do not have brackets to instlal front plates.

Has anyone got pulled over? What was the ticket?

Get out your drill.

[Texas User]

Originally Posted by Sea2LV2Hou

Get out your drill.

For my bumper?

[lhafer]

a lot of times you will see the front plate on the dashboard if it doesn't fit the bumper.

[Texas User]

Originally Posted by lhafer

a lot of times you will see the front plate on the dashboard if it doesn't fit the bumper.

Still defeats the purpose though.

People don't want it because it ruins the look of the vehicle.

[sevfiv]

A lot of new cars I've seen come with standard sized threaded holes for plates on the front, if I remember correctly.

And the transportation code stands as is. The house bill is the one that didn't pass, I believe..

As far as the "look" of the vehicle, that's a whole different issue (dealing with vanity vs utility)

[Texas User]

Originally Posted by sevfiv

A lot of new cars I've seen come with standard sized threaded holes for plates on the front, if I remember correctly.

And the transportation code stands as is. The house bill is the one that didn't pass, I believe..

As far as the "look" of the vehicle, that's a whole different issue (dealing with vanity vs utility)

If it failed in the House, it never got to the President's desk for signature.