(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).

Source Note: The provisions of this §217.60 adopted to be effective July 12, 2020, 45 TexReg 4358