The department may issue souvenir specialty license plates, and the Texas Military Department must issue one on request for the plate described in Section 504.322. The provision also sets fees, limits use on motor vehicles, and requires identification of souvenir plates.
Sec. 504.009. SOUVENIR LICENSE PLATES. (a) The department may issue a souvenir version of any specialty license plate for any vehicle. (a-1) On request, the Texas Military Department, as defined by Section 437.001, Government Code, shall issue a souvenir version of the specialty license plate described by Section 504.322. (b) The fee for a single souvenir license plate is $20. The fee shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund unless the souvenir license plate is a replica of a specialty license plate issued under Subchapter G or I for which the fee is deposited to an account other than the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund, in which case: (1) $10 of the fee for the souvenir license plate shall be deposited to the credit of the designated account; and (2) $10 of the fee for the souvenir license plate shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund. (c) If a souvenir license plate issued before November 19, 2009, is personalized, the fee for the plate is $40. Of the fee: (1) $20 shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund; (2) $10 shall be deposited to the credit of the designated account if the souvenir license plate is a replica of a specialty license plate issued under Subchapter G or I for which the fee is deposited to a designated account other than the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund; and (3) the remainder shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund. (c-1) The fee for a souvenir license plate issued on or after November 19, 2009, is the amount established under Section 504.851(c). (d) A souvenir license plate may not be used on a motor vehicle and is not an insignia of registration for a motor vehicle. Each souvenir license plate must be identified by the department in a way that identifies it to law enforcement officers and others as a souvenir license plate. (e) A beneficiary of a specialty license plate issued under Subchapter G or I, as designated by the applicable section of those subchapters, may purchase the specialty license plates, in minimum amounts determined by the department, for use or resale by the beneficiary. The beneficiary shall pay the required fee per plate, less the amount of the fee that would be deposited to the credit of the designated account. Redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 504.003 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 174, eff. January 1, 2012. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1287 (H.B. 2202), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1012 (H.B. 923), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2016. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.002(13), eff. September 1, 2017.