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The new 2009 7 character base is now in use. Current supplies of the ABC-123 base will still be issued until they are exhausted. The new base will be mainly for new registrations, but anyone may pay an additional fee to upgrade to the new plates. Otherwise, existing plates will be replaced by the new base after they have been in use for 7 years. The format of the new issue is BC1-D234.

Vincent Perillo reports that around the BT series, the color on the Texas Sky has changed to a darker more true blue color.
Type Plate Notes Reporter
2009 Base CD1-X782 Now in use. Progression appears to with the number in the prefix increasing, so after BB1-Z999 would come BB2-B001.
Wally Punzmann reports a low of BB1-B191. Remember that Texas does not use vowels on Pass. plates, but they are now on truck. The lowest Pass. plate should be BB1-B001. 		Brad Carroll
8/30/10
Passenger VLX-905 The Texas shaped separator is the color of the state flag, instead of previous solid red. Another new change is that the shuttle has the American flag on the side.
The change to the new graphic base was at the J99-GPZ/J01-GRB break. The 123-BBB format followed Z99-ZZZ. BBB-123 follows 999-ZZZ. 		Brad Carroll
3/12/10
Non-passenger Plates
Antique Auto 9X-73 Jason Woodall
2/17/05
Disabled Veteran DV-5JBJ The map was moved from the center to just before the DV suffix between JTN-6DV and
KGT1-DV, although a higher plate in the former style has been spotted, which was probably a production error. VVT3-DV reported by Art Phillips. 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
7/13/10
Exempt 110-1095 100-1000 through 899-9999 issued in pairs. 900-1000 through 999-9999 issued as singles.
Exempt Trailer high - 903-0056 		Brian Lasaine
8/11/10
Farm Trailer DNH-V16 Jim Palmer
10/15/09
Farm Truck 1GW-886 Format was A1A ###, where the second digit is always 1. That series has been exhausted, so now the 1AA-nnn format is in use again. That series was used in the mid-1970s, but has since been replaced. Willie C. Brock, Jr.
7/27/10
Handicapped 1 DGWF Now in the new flat style. The latest news from Jim Palmer is that Handicapped plates reached 9 ZZZZ and rolled back over to 1 BBBB.Earlier, the wheelchair was moved from the middle to the first character old #XXCXX to C#XXXX C being the wheelchair, but position has shifted again to the left end somewhere between 2 YL-WP and 6 YTKY.
Willie C. Brock, Jr.
7/02/10
Manufacturer 6EM-059 Flat David Wilson
7/06/10
Motorcycle 4DH-563 Jim Palmer reports that Texas m/c have passed 999 Z4Z and rolled back over to the original 1975 format. Motorcycle plates are now flat.
Highest embossed seen - 3AJ 759
Lowest flat seen - 3AL 041 		Gregory McWaters
6/05/10
Rental Trailer 92R-825 Willie C. Brock, Jr.
10/09/09
Trailer 707-74F The current high is the new flat style. "Trailer" is in red, the rest in dark blue. After reaching 99Z-ZZZ, the series changed to 123-45A, which was used in the early 80s. Wally Punzmann
7/15/10
Truck AP5-7279 Now using the new 2009 base.
Brian Lasaine spotted the first Truck plate, AA0-0001 in Houston. Vincent Perillo saw AA1-2345 in Houston.
The state's policy of not using A, E, and U in numbering systems that have 3 or more letters does not apply to Trucks, which now have 2 letters.
Former embossed base high - 475 3BF 		Gregory McWaters
6/28/10
Specialty Plates
Animal Friendly - embossed D3GTX The current high is the new flat style. The embossed high is D1GFW. Jim Palmer reports that there appear to be two series of Animal Friendly plates. The first began at D1BBB, but there has been a more recent jump that appears to have started with D1ZBB. David Babcock suggests that the latter may be a backwards issue since the only ones reported have been ZX or ZW. David Babcock
9/03/02
Animal Friendly - flat D8GNJ DD76W report by Willie C. Brock, Jr. It's possible that Animal Friendly plates were merged into the Generic Specials listed below. David Babcock
6/24/02
Generic Special Issue FV73V Texas has adopted a system similar to Colorado and Montana, whereby a number of special issue plates are using sequentially assigned blocks of numbers. Examples of Texas issues in this system are the "horned toad" plate, the "Fish Texas" bass plate, the "Hunt Texas" deer plate, as well as many others, now including State of the Arts.
Bradley Gallagher reports that there are formats other than AB12C in use for some special issues. Enjoy TX Music, for example, uses A12BC; Lone Star Proud for Kids, TX Aerospace Comm., and Olympic Spirit: AB1CD; Big Bend Nat\'l Park: A123B; Scouting and State Capitol: A1BCD. 		Gregory McWaters
7/08/10
Inactive Series
Passenger - state flag J05-DZM Eric Tanner
8/27/00