Providing for the issuance and display of one motor vehicle registration plate, including by requiring a study on other means available to identify motor vehicles from the front, and including transition provisions

Under current law, two registration plates are issued for any motor vehicle other than an autocycle, motorcycle, motorized bicycle, or truck tractor, and are required to be attached to the front and rear of the vehicle, with certain exceptions. This bill provides that only one registration plate shall be issued for a motor vehicle. The registration plate shall be attached to the rear of the motor vehicle, except that the registration plate for a truck tractor shall be attached to the front of the truck tractor, consistent with current law. The bill also makes corresponding Code language changes, makes some Code language changes to enhance readability, directs the Code editor to make changes to language referring to two registration plates rather than one, if consistent with the purposes of the Act and any other Act, and provides for the transition from the use of two registration plates to the use of one registration plate. The bill also requires the department of transportation and the department of public safety to jointly conduct a study on the means available to identify a motor vehicle from the front of the vehicle other than by the display of a front registration plate, and to jointly submit the results of the study, along with any recommendations, to the general assembly on or before December 31, 2020.