Texas § TN.503.0615 - PERSONALIZED PRESTIGE DEALER'S LICENSE PLATES

§ TN.503.0615. PERSONALIZED PRESTIGE DEALER'S LICENSE PLATES

PERSONALIZED PRESTIGE DEALER'S LICENSE PLATES. (a) The department shall establish and issue personalized prestige dealer's license plates. The department may not issue identically lettered or numbered dealer's plates to more than one dealer. (b) The department shall establish procedures for continuous application for and issuance of personalized prestige dealer's license plates. A dealer must make a new application and pay a new fee for each registration period for which the dealer seeks to obtain personalized prestige dealer's license plates. A dealer who obtains personalized prestige dealer's license plates has first priority on those plates for each subsequent registration period for which the dealer applies. (c) The annual fee for personalized prestige dealer's license plates is $40, in addition to any fee otherwise prescribed by this chapter. (d) The department may issue to an applicant only one set of personalized prestige dealer's license plates for a vehicle for a six-year period. The department may issue a new set of personalized prestige dealer's license plates within the six-year period if the applicant pays a fee of $50 in addition to the fees required by Subsection (c). (e) On application and payment of the required fee for a registration period following the issuance of the plates, the department shall issue a registration insignia. (f) Of each fee collected by the department under this section: (1) $1.25 shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund to defray the cost of administering this section; and (2) the remainder shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 871, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1287 (H.B. 2202 ), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2013.