Bill Text: TX HB5081 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to certain motor vehicle safety inspection fees.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Referred to Vet Affairs [HB5081 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5081-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain motor vehicle safety inspection fees.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Referred to Vet Affairs [HB5081 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5081-Introduced.html
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By: Wilson | H.B. No. 5081 |
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relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to set | ||
a maximum fee for certain motor vehicle safety inspections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 548.501, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) On or before September 1 of each year, the department by | ||
rule shall set the maximum fee for an [ |
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vehicle. A maximum fee set by the department under this subsection | ||
may not be less than: | ||
(1) [ |
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other than a moped; or | ||
(2) [ |
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a moped. | ||
(c) A maximum fee set by the department under Subsection (a) | ||
must be: | ||
(1) based on the costs of providing inspections and | ||
administering the program; and | ||
(2) set at an amount that: | ||
(A) is affordable to the public; and | ||
(B) encourages a sufficient number of inspection | ||
stations to operate in this state so that the public is served | ||
without a significant backlog. | ||
(d) This section does not apply to an inspection of a motor | ||
vehicle that is subject to a fee under Section 548.503 or 548.504. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall adopt | ||
rules establishing the maximum fee for a motor vehicle inspection | ||
under Section 548.501, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, | ||
as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) Section 548.501, Transportation Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to an inspection of a motor vehicle performed | ||
on or after the effective date of the rules described by Subsection | ||
(a) of this section. An inspection performed before that date is | ||
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |