Sec. 504.854.  AUCTION.  (a)  The board by rule may provide for the private vendor to:
(1)  sell at auction a license to display a unique alphanumeric pattern on a license plate for a period set by board rule;
(2)  reserve an unissued alphanumeric pattern from the department for purposes of auctioning a license to display the pattern for a period set by board rule; and
(3)  purchase from a customer an unexpired license to display an alphanumeric pattern for purposes of auction by the vendor.
(b)  A license to display an alphanumeric pattern purchased under this section may be transferred to another person without payment of the fee provided by Section 504.855. 
(c)  Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296, Sec. 247(23), eff. January 1, 2012.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1381 (S.B. 1616), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 218, eff. January 1, 2012.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 247(23), eff. January 1, 2012.