88R23574 BEE-D     By: Metcalf H.B. No. 1222     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1222:     By:  Canales C.S.H.B. No. 1222       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study on authorizing a passenger car or light truck to   be operated with only a rear license plate.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  STUDY. (a)  The Texas Department of Motor   Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas   shall jointly conduct a study on the feasibility, cost, and effect   on law enforcement of authorizing a passenger car or light truck to   be operated with a rear license plate and a windshield sticker   instead of a front and rear license plate.          (b)  The study must evaluate a license plate and windshield   sticker system under which:                (1)  the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles would:                      (A)  issue a set of two license plates to an   applicant for registration of a passenger car or light truck; and                      (B)  adopt rules to:                            (i)  authorize a passenger car or light   truck to display only a rear license plate if the motor vehicle is   not equipped by the manufacturer with an exterior front feature to   which a license plate may be fastened without drilling through the   exterior of the vehicle;                            (ii)  require a vehicle that displays only a   rear license plate under Subparagraph (i) to display a windshield   sticker;                            (iii)  prescribe the manner and form of an   application for a windshield sticker;                            (iv)  establish a reasonable fee for a   windshield sticker;                            (v)  determine the information and   documentation required to demonstrate eligibility for a windshield   sticker; and                            (vi)  prescribe the form of the windshield   sticker and the manner in which the sticker must be displayed;                (2)  a person commits an offense that is a Class C   misdemeanor if the person operates a passenger car or light truck   that displays a windshield sticker and only a rear license plate   and:                      (A)  the unmounted license plate issued for the   vehicle is not in the vehicle; or                      (B)  the person fails to produce for inspection,   on the request of a peace officer, the unmounted license plate   issued for the vehicle;                (3)  a peace officer may not stop a passenger car or   light truck that displays a windshield sticker and only a rear   license plate solely to enforce the requirements that the unmounted   license plate issued for the vehicle be in the vehicle and produced   at the request of the officer; and                (4)  a person commits an offense if the person operates   on a public highway, during a registration period, a vehicle that   does not display all license plates and any windshield sticker   required to be displayed on the vehicle.          SECTION 2.  REPORT. Not later than October 1, 2024, the   Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public   Safety of the State of Texas shall jointly submit to the legislature   a report of the results of the study conducted under this Act.          SECTION 3.  EXPIRATION DATE. This Act expires September 1,   2025.          SECTION 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September   1, 2023.