After seven years, Texas has a cool new license plate finally.
But don't rush out to get one just yet, advises Dallas County tax assessor-collector John Ames.
The county tax office has to issue current plate designs until their supply runs out, Ames says.
So don't buy new plates until your old ones have expired, Ames says. Plates are good for seven years. Plus, if you wait, you can get the new ones for free.
Here is more information about the plates from the tax office:
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has finally released a colorful new license plate to replace the current design introduced nine years ago. Last February, Texas citizens participated in an online survey where TxDOT posted five designs for public viewing and voting.
TxDOT has scheduled the first shipment of new plates to go out to Dallas County on June 5, 2009.
TxDOT reports that Texans loved the new designs they offered for viewing and voting. TxDOT received e-mails from close to 10,000 citizens explaining why they voted for a particular design, and thanking the agency for giving them the opportunity to choose. The citizens of this state spoke with 1.1 million e-Votes, 455,878 of those cast for the Lone Star Texas.
This is also the first of the new seven-character combinations. TxDOT has finally exhausted the alpha-numeric license plate patterns for the current six-character version.
"This has been coming for a long time and we are pleased that TxDOT was able to implement the new seven character combinations at the same time as the new license plate design," Ames said.
