Older specialty and personalized license plates can be renewed or replaced only under the stated application and fee rules, and personalized plate holders keep first priority when they reapply.
Sec. 504.853. SPECIALTY AND PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES ISSUED BEFORE NOVEMBER 19, 2009. (a) A specialty or personalized license plate issued before November 19, 2009, may be issued for a subsequent registration period only if the applicant submits an application and pays the required fee for the applicable registration period. A person who is issued a personalized license plate has first priority on that license plate for each subsequent registration period for which the person submits a new application for that plate. (b) Unless the board by rule adopts a higher fee or the license plate is not renewed annually, the fee for issuance of a license plate issued before November 19, 2009, is: (1) the fee provided for in Section 504.601 for a specialty license plate; and (2) $40 for a personalized license plate. (c) A person who is issued a specialty or personalized license plate by the department before November 19, 2009, may: (1) submit an application for the plate under Subsection (a) and pay the required fee for each subsequent registration period under Subsection (b); or (2) purchase through the private vendor a license to display the alphanumeric pattern on a license plate for any term allowed by law. (d) The department may not issue a replacement set of personalized license plates to the same person before the period set by rule unless the applicant for issuance of replacement plates pays an additional fee of $30. (e) Of each fee collected by the department under Subsection (b)(2): (1) $1.25 shall be used by the department 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1381 (S.B. 1616), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 217, eff. January 1, 2012.