[Texas] SB561 Repeal of front license plate law in Texas
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SB561 Repeal of front license plate law in Texas
It looks like they are tring to ditch this law so we dont have to run a front plate. Here is a link:
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLoo...81R&Bill=SB561
the bill's author is Mike Jackson. We could write him in support....maybe it'd help.
I also found a petition here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/txplate/petition.html
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLoo...81R&Bill=SB561
the bill's author is Mike Jackson. We could write him in support....maybe it'd help.
I also found a petition here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/txplate/petition.html
Last edited by kd5icr; 10-05-2010 at 01:41 PM.
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Front license plate law
Just three weeks ago the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a man's 60 year sentence for possession of a controlled substance when cocaine was found in his car when stopped for not displaying a front plate. He claimed it was illegal search and seizure because his front plate was on his dashboard in compliance with the law. The court ruled the law states the front license plate is to be displayed "...on the foremost portion of the vehicle...", which is the front bumper. The display of his front plate on the front dashboard, visible through the windshield, was not in compliance with the letter of the law as "...the foremost portion...which is construed to be where the vehicle begins..." (Beaumont Enterprise, September (?), 2010). It would be a relief on Texas' state budget to require only the rear plate, eliminating 50% of the cost to produce a pair true enough but (and "but" is a contradiction)law enforcement along I-10 use whatever they can to stop suspected drug traffickers. I don't see the Texas Legislature taking this "tool" from lawmen. In point of fact, a law was quietly passed a few years back outlawing any rear license plate brackets to block the name of the state on that plate as another "tool". Ya gotta luv 'em.
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