Section 217.60 - Digital License Plate Specifications and Requirements(a) In addition to ensuring that the digital license plate meets or exceeds the benefits for law enforcement that are provided by metal license plates, a digital license plate provider must ensure that digital license plates submitted for department approval and provided for customer use comply with the following requirements: (1) provide an electronic visual display resistant to breakage, and in cases when the electronic visual display is scratched, chipped, cracked, or weather damaged, a digital license plate must continue to legibly display digital license plate information and the physical security feature defined in paragraph 2 of this subsection;(2) include one or more physical security features to verify the plate was issued by an approved digital license plate provider;(3) continue to display digital license plate information when the digital license plate does not maintain connectivity to a wireless network; and(4) when the vehicle is not in park: (A) display required digital license plate information on the plate in the same font size and location as the information displayed on a corresponding metal license plate; and(B) display the registration expiration month and year, as determined by the department, in the same font size and location as displayed on a corresponding metal license plate when a vehicle does not have a windshield.(b) Placement of license plate and vehicle registration insignia. (1) The digital license plate must be attached to the exterior rear of the vehicle.(2) A metal license plate must be attached to the exterior front of the vehicle in compliance with this chapter, unless the vehicle is not required to display a plate on the front of the vehicle under this chapter.(3) The vehicle's registration insignia for validation of registration must be displayed on or kept in a vehicle in accordance with § 217.27 of this title (relating to Vehicle Registration Insignia).43 Tex. Admin. Code § 217.60
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 26, June 26, 2020, TexReg 4358, eff. 7/12/2020