I was recently pulled over by the dps going through a small town for not having a front license plate. It may not be illegal anymore,but it`s one of their many ways to have a reason to harass drivers and meet their quotas(especially around holidays)or a reason to pull over someone to check them out. I think it`s a good idea to have the front plate anyway so as not to let them have a reason to pull you over out of the blue. Oh,and my girlfriend`s dad got also got pulled over recently for not having a front plate by the dps and also got pulled over by the dps for only going 5 miles over the speed limit.