| 1990
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early 1990 style
1990 style
(type A)
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1990:
- The 123-ABC format is exhausted in January. ABC-12D format begins.
- In April, at BKX-01B, a new base plate is finally issued featuring
a waving Texas flag but no slogan.
- Only a few plates are issued with the new numbering format on the
old base.
- Many new types of plates introduced.
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1991:
- The slogan "Lone Star State" is found to be agreeable this time,
and is added to the flag design by January, 1992.
- New plate types continue to be intoduced.
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1992-97 style
(type B)
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1993:
- Many more plate types introduced.
1994:
- The last passenger license plate revalidation stickers expire;
Revalidation is now done by means of a windshield sticker.
- College &
University plates introduced.
1995:
- Plates begin having a hologram down the center of the plate (at
around T--).
- "Legion
of Valor" plates introduced.
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1996:
- A new plate design is briefly issued, from January until supplies
ran out sometime between March and May.
- The has a graphic of a shooting star in the middle, with the slogan,
"150 Years of Statehood".
- Registrations ran from VJL-01K to about WSJ then returned to the
old plate style.
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early 1996 style
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1997:
- A new form of reflectorization begins (somewhere after XHM---).
These plates appear "whiter" than previous plates. (Type C)
- Late in the year, somewhere between ZVY- & ZWT- , the plates
undergo a subtle change. The waving flag moves from the left
of the "Texas" to the right. Otherwise the plates are identical.
(Type D)
- The ABC-12D format is exhausted late in the year. New plates
are issued in the A12-BCD format with the flag on the right. (Type
F )
- As vowels are no longer used on Texas plates, the first plate of
the new series is B01-BBB.
- A few rarities emerge: plates with the old numbering format,
but with the flag on the right (from around ZWB to ZZZ - Type D);
and plates with the new numbering format but with the flag on the
left (apparently made from leftover stock, randomly distributed early
in the -Bxx series; Type E).
1999:
- In January plates begin being issued without debossed sticker wells.
The change occurs somewhere between C##-YCS and YKN. (Type F)
Types of "waving flag" plates:
- A) AAA-00A format, flag left, no slogan
- B) AAA-00A format, flag left, old reflectorization,
"Lone Star State" slogan from here on
- C) AAA-00A format, flag left, new reflectorization
- D) AAA-00A format, flag right
- E) A00-AAA format, flag left
- F) A00-AAA format, flag right
- G) A00-AAA format, flag right, no sticker
boxes.
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Type C
Type D
Type E
Type F
Type G
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| 2000
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graphic passenger plate
New flat personalized plate
Souvenir plate
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2000:
- A completely new, fully graphic plate design began being issued
in March & April. The new passenger series begins somewhere between
J##-DDM & J##-GZM. Truck plates also have the new design, with
"TRUCK" screened under the state name.
- There is also a new design for at least some non-passenger plates.
These are similar to the design in use since 1985, except the TEXAS
is a much bigger, thicker font. Most dated "01" yearly plates
have the design.
- A small number of Truck plates were apparently issued on the new
non-passenger base, before moving to the graphic passenger-style base.
2001:
- Passenger bases reach the P-- series by the end of the year.
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2002:
2003:
- The Texas Legislature's HB 2971, taking effect 9/1/03,
streamlines the license plate laws and introduces many new
plate designs to the state.
- Most plates (except passenger) are now "flat".
2004:
- Souvenir plates introduced
- November- passenger plates begin reusing the ABC-123 series
2007:
- Seven-digit registrations for Exempt vehicles.
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2008:
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