Amend HB 344, second reading engrossment, by striking
SECTIONS 1 and 2 of the bill, adding the following appropriately
numbered sections, and renumbering sections appropriately:
SECTION ____. Section 502.275, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 502.275. CERTAIN EXHIBITION <ANTIQUE> VEHICLES;
OFFENSE. (a) The department shall issue specially designed
license plates for a passenger car, truck, <or> motorcycle, or
former military vehicle that:
(1) is at least 25 years old, if the vehicle is a
passenger car, truck, or motorcycle;
(2) is a collector's item;
(3) is used exclusively for exhibitions, club
activities, parades, and other functions of public interest, and is
not used for regular transportation; and
(4) does not carry advertising.
(b) Special license plates issued under Subsection (a) <this
section> must include the words "Antique Auto," "Antique Truck,"
<or> "Antique Motorcycle," or "Military Vehicle," as appropriate.
(c) In lieu of issuing plates under Subsection (a), the
department may approve for use license plates presented by the
owner that were issued by this state in the same year as the model
year of a vehicle described by Subsection (a). The department
shall approve for use on a passenger car license plates that were
issued for a passenger car or for a truck and shall approve for use
on a truck license plates that were issued for a truck or for a
passenger car. If the department approves license plates under
this subsection <section>, the department shall issue a symbol for
attachment to one of the license plates, as determined by the
department, showing the year in which the vehicle was registered
under this section.
(d) License plates issued under Subsection (a) or approved
under Subsection (c) <this section> are valid for a maximum period
of five years.
(e) The department shall issue license plates under
Subsection (a) or approve license plates under Subsection (c) <this
section> and shall issue a registration receipt to a person who:
(1) files a sworn written application with the county
assessor-collector of the county in which the person resides that:
(A) is on a form provided by the department;
(B) if the vehicle is a passenger car, truck, or
motorcycle, contains the make, body style, motor number, and age of
the vehicle;
(C) states<, and> any other information required
by the department; and
(D) <(C)> states that the vehicle and the use of
the vehicle comply with Subsection (a); and
(2) pays a fee of:
(A) $10 for each year or portion of a year
remaining in the five-year registration period, if the vehicle was
manufactured in 1921 or a later year; or
(B) $8 for each year or portion of a year
remaining in the five-year registration period, if the vehicle was
manufactured before 1921.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the
department may exempt a former military vehicle from the
requirement to display license plates or any symbol, tab, or other
device indicating registration of the vehicle if the department
determines that the exemption is necessary to maintain the
vehicle's accurate military design or markings.
(g) A vehicle registered under this section is exempt from
the registration fee otherwise prescribed by this chapter.
(h) <(g)> Registration under this section is valid without
renewal for the period for which the vehicle was registered if the
vehicle is owned by the same person.
(i) <(h)> A county assessor-collector may not renew the
registration of a vehicle under this section until the registered
owner surrenders to the assessor-collector any <the> license plates
or symbol and the registration receipt issued for the vehicle for
the previous period.
(j) <(i)> If a vehicle registered under this section is
transferred to another owner or is junked, is destroyed, or
otherwise ceases to exist, the registration receipt and any license
plates or symbol are immediately void and the license plates or
symbol issued under this section shall be sent immediately to the
department.
(k) <(j)> An owner of a vehicle registered under this
section who violates this section commits an offense. An offense
under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not
less than $5 or more than $200.
(l) Notwithstanding any other section of this code, a
vehicle issued plates under Subsection (a) shall be required to
display only one license plate, which is to be attached to the rear
of the vehicle.
(m) In this section, "former military vehicle" means a
vehicle, including a trailer, regardless of the vehicle's size,
weight, or year of manufacture, that:
(1) was manufactured for use in any country's military
forces; and
(2) is maintained to accurately represent its military
design and markings.
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 5, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Article 5.01-3 to read as follows:
Art. 5.01-3. FORMER MILITARY VEHICLES. (a) A rating plan
that includes a classification applicable to antique, private
passenger vehicles maintained primarily for use in exhibitions,
club activities, parades, and other functions of public interest
and occasionally used for other purposes must include in the
classification former military vehicles maintained for those uses.
(b) In this article, "former military vehicle" has the
meaning assigned by Section 502.275, Transportation Code.
SECTION ____. (a) In addition to the substantive changes in
law made by this Act, this Act conforms the Transportation Code to
changes in law made by Section 1, Chapter 443, Acts of the 74th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1995.
(b) To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over
another Act of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION ____. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
502.275, Transportation Code, apply only to a vehicle registration
period beginning on or after the effective date of this Act.