88R13142 MZM-D     By: Morrison H.B. No. 4987       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the sale of specialty license plates by the Texas   Department of Motor Vehicles.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 504.011 to read as follows:          Sec. 504.011.  SALE OF SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES ON   DEPARTMENT INTERNET WEBSITE. Subject to any limitations provided   by a contract between the department and a private vendor under   Subchapter J, the department shall make all specialty license   plates authorized by this chapter available for purchase on the   department's Internet website, including all specialty license   plates that are also sold by the private vendor.           SECTION 2.  Section 504.851, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows:          (n)  A private vendor under a contract with the department as   authorized by this section shall include on the vendor's Internet   website a link to the department's Internet website on which a   person may directly purchase specialty license plates from the   department, as provided by Section 504.011.           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.