89R8975 CXP-D     By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2705       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to fees for the issuance of certain specialty license   plates and an exemption from vehicle registration for certain   trailers, semitrailers, tractors, and implements of husbandry.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 502.147 to read as follows:          Sec. 502.147.  CERTAIN FARM TRAILERS, FARM SEMITRAILERS,   FARM TRACTORS, AND IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY. An owner is not   required to register a farm trailer or farm semitrailer with a gross   weight of 4,000 pounds or less or a farm tractor or an implement of   husbandry if the trailer, semitrailer, tractor, or implement is   operated only temporarily on the highways.          SECTION 2.  Section 504.3015(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A person applying for a set of license plates under this   subchapter shall pay the registration fee required under Chapter   502 and the applicable special plate fee required under this   section, except that one set of license plates shall be issued   without the payment of the registration fee under:                (1)  Section 504.308;                (2)  Section 504.310(b);                (3)  Section 504.315, other than Subsections (c) and   (q) of that section; [and]                (4)  Section 504.316; and                (5)  Section 504.319.          SECTION 3.  Section 504.512, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (b) to read as follows:          (b)  There is no fee for issuance of the license plates.          SECTION 4.  Section 504.513, Transportation Code, is amended   by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as   follows:          (a)  The department shall issue specialty license plates   for:                (1)  volunteer firefighters certified by:                      (A)  the Texas Commission on Fire Protection; or                      (B)  the State Firefighters' [Firemen's] and Fire   Marshals' Association of Texas; and                (2)  fire protection personnel as that term is defined   by Section 419.021, Government Code.          (c)  There is no fee for issuance of the license plates.          SECTION 5.  Section 504.516, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  There is no fee for issuance of the license plates.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.