H.B. No. 511
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the registration of token trailers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 502.0023, Transportation Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to
  read as follows:
         (d)  A license plate issued under this section:
               (1)  may, on request of the owner, include the name or
  logo of the business entity that owns the vehicle;
               (2)  except as provided by Subsection (d-1), must
  include the expiration date of the registration period; and
               (3)  does not require an annual registration insignia
  to be valid.
         (d-1)  The department shall issue a license plate for a token
  trailer registered under this section that does not expire. The
  alphanumeric pattern for a license plate issued under this
  subsection may remain on a token trailer for as long as the
  registration of the token trailer is renewed or until the token
  trailer is removed from service or sold. The registration receipt
  required under Section 621.002 is not required for a vehicle that
  displays a license plate issued under this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  Section 502.255(i), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (i)  The department shall issue a license plate for a token
  trailer registered under this section that does not expire or
  require an annual registration insignia to be valid.  The
  alphanumeric pattern for a license plate issued under this
  subsection may remain on a token trailer for as long as the
  registration of the token trailer is renewed or until the token
  trailer is removed from service or sold. The registration receipt
  required under Section 621.002 is not required for a vehicle that
  displays a license plate issued under this subsection [may issue
  specially designed license plates for token trailers].
         SECTION 3.  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall
  adopt rules for the administration of Sections 502.0023 and
  502.255(i), Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as
  practicable after this Act takes effect. For that purpose, the
  department may adopt the rules in the manner provided by law for
  emergency rules.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 511 was passed by the House on April
  24, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 511 was passed by the Senate on May
  15, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor