Tex.
Transp. Code Section 504.852
Contract Limitations
(a)
In a contract under Section 504.851 (Contract with Private Vendor), the department may not:(1)
unreasonably disapprove or limit any aspect of a private vendor’s marketing and sales plan;(2)
unreasonably interfere with the selection, assignment, or management by the private vendor of the private vendor’s employees, agents, or subcontractors; or(3)
require a private vendor to market and sell souvenir license plates, specialty license plates, or souvenir or specialty license plates personalized under Section 504.102 (Personalization of Specialty License Plate).(b)
If a private vendor contracts to market and sell souvenir license plates, specialty license plates, or souvenir or specialty license plates personalized under Section 504.102 (Personalization of Specialty License Plate), the initial term of the contract shall be for at least five years from the effective date of the contract. The contract may provide, with the agreement of the department and the private vendor, a second term at least equal in length to the initial term of the contract.(c)
Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a private vendor may not market and sell souvenir license plates, specialty license plates, or souvenir or specialty license plates personalized under Section 504.102 (Personalization of Specialty License Plate) that compete directly for sales with another specialty license plate issued under this chapter unless the department and the sponsoring agency or organization of the other license plate approve.(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 (General Provisions Applicable to Specialty License Plates for General Distribution) 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.
Source:
Section 504.852 — Contract Limitations, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm#504.852 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
