Truckers must buy NAFTA tag or Register

No more fudging with the rules. Legislators found out that some unregistered trailers meant to operate only in the border commercial zones were roaming U.S. roads undetected. Starting Sept. 1, foreign-owned or foreign-leased commercial trucks and trailers will have a choice: register to drive in Texas or buy a new $15 NAFTA tag. The tags, really Texas license plates with the word “NAFTA” on them, will be available at Texas Department of Transportation offices.State Rep. Joe Pickett, D-El Paso, drafted the bill, HB313.

With the NAFTA tags, he said, “law enforcement officers will know that these trucks and mostly, trailers, are supposed to be in a commercial zone.”

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