OU themed license plates are now legal in the state of Texas.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles voted to approve 20 new license plate designs, one of which is an OU Boomer Sooner themed tag.

“The tags will be ready this fall. We’re sometime in mid-October,” said Kim Drummond, MyaPlates public information manager.

Amy Frost, OU alumna who graduated May 2009, said she plans to be one of the first to buy one of the new license plates.

“We worked really hard to get public approval for the project and show those making the decisions that there are people who want this,” Frost said.

Since a large number of OU students are from Texas and return to the state after graduation, she said she expects the license plate to be popular.

Frost said Texas fans will probably tease anyone with the new plate, but that will not stop her and other Sooner alumni from getting the new plate.

“We’re proud of our university,” she said. “If you’re afraid of not getting the tag, then you’re afraid of getting a sticker on your car. It’s the same concept. For the most part, people in Texas are adults and no one really takes college rivalries seriously after graduation.”

The OU Club of Dallas actively campaigned for the new tag design.

TxDMV spokeswoman Kim Sue Lia Perkes said Tuesday that the license plate had successfully completed all the necessary hurdles for it to be produced.

“There have been jokes, but for the most part, this seems like something people want,” Perkes said. “We have many residents in Texas that want to show they’re proud of their school.”

Oklahoma State University themed license plates have been available for sale since June.

“We had to work with the school for proper licensing,” Perkes said. “After that was completed, it was on a pretty good course for approval.”

The Texas State Legislature began issuing special license plates last November in order to bring in new revenue to the state’s general fund for government operations, Drummond said.

“Many people are just now noticing new plates on cars,” Drummond said. “I have a hot pink plate on my car, and some people have asked me if it was real.”

If approved, the cost of the new Texas OU Boomer Sooner license plate will be $55, and the price will increase if the tag is to be personalized.

“It would be a legitimate license plate,” she said. “People would register it with the DMV and put it on their vehicle like a regular license plate.”

In addition to an OSU plate, the University of Texas and Texas A&M University license plates are for sale.