By: Taylor of Galveston, et al. S.B. No. 1001
 
  (Paul)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to vehicles exempt from vehicle safety inspections.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 548.005, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 548.005.  INSPECTION ONLY BY CERTAIN [STATE-CERTIFIED
  AND SUPERVISED] INSPECTION STATIONS [STATION]. A compulsory
  inspection under this chapter may be made only by an inspection
  station, except that the department may:
               (1)  permit inspection to be made by an inspector under
  terms and conditions the department prescribes;
               (2)  authorize the acceptance in this state of a
  certificate of inspection and approval issued in another state
  having a similar inspection law; [and]
               (3)  authorize the acceptance in this state of a
  certificate of inspection and approval issued in compliance with 49
  C.F.R. Part 396 to a motor bus, as defined by Section 502.001, that
  is registered in this state but is not domiciled in this state; and
               (4)  authorize the acceptance in this state of a
  certificate of inspection and approval issued:
                     (A)  by an inspector qualified under 49 C.F.R.
  Part 396 acting as an employee or authorized agent of the owner of a
  commercial fleet, as defined in Section 502.001; and
                     (B)  to a motor vehicle or trailer that is:
                           (i)  part of the fleet; and
                           (ii)  registered or in the process of being
  registered in this state.
         SECTION 2.  Section 548.052, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 548.052.  VEHICLES NOT SUBJECT TO INSPECTION.  This
  chapter does not apply to:
               (1)  a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile
  home moving under or bearing a current factory-delivery license
  plate or current in-transit license plate;
               (2)  a vehicle moving under or bearing a paper dealer
  in-transit tag, machinery license, disaster license, parade
  license, prorate tab, one-trip permit, vehicle temporary transit
  permit, antique license, custom vehicle license, street rod
  license, temporary 24-hour permit, or permit license;
               (3)  a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile
  home having an actual gross weight or registered gross weight of
  7,500 [4,500] pounds or less;
               (4)  farm machinery, road-building equipment, a farm
  trailer, or a vehicle required to display a slow-moving-vehicle
  emblem under Section 547.703;
               (5)  a former military vehicle, as defined by Section
  504.502;
               (6)  a vehicle qualified for a tax exemption under
  Section 152.092, Tax Code; or
               (7)  a vehicle for which a certificate of title has been
  issued but that is not required to be registered.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter H, Chapter 548, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 548.510 to read as follows:
         Sec. 548.510.  FEE FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES NOT SUBJECT TO
  INSPECTION; COLLECTION OF FEE DURING REGISTRATION. (a)  A vehicle
  described by Section 548.052(3) that has an actual gross weight or
  registered gross weight of more than 4,500 pounds is subject to a
  fee in the amount of $7.50.
         (b)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or a county
  assessor-collector that registers a vehicle described by
  Subsection (a) shall collect at the time of registration of the
  vehicle the fee prescribed by Subsection (a). The Texas Department
  of Motor Vehicles or the county assessor-collector, as applicable,
  shall remit the fee to the comptroller. Each fee remitted to the
  comptroller under this section shall be deposited as follows:
               (1)  $3.50 to the credit of the Texas mobility fund; 
               (2)  $2 to the credit of the general revenue fund; and
               (3)  $2 to the credit of the clean air account.
         (c)  The fee collected under Subsection (a) is not a motor
  vehicle registration fee and the revenue collected from the fee is
  not required to be used for a purpose specified by Section 7-a,
  Article VIII, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.