Bill Text: TX SB1001 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to vehicle safety inspections, including vehicles exempt from those inspections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1001 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1001-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1001 |
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relating to vehicle safety inspections, including vehicles exempt | ||
from those inspections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 502.012 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.012. NOTICE REGARDING WHETHER CERTAIN TRAILERS ARE | ||
SUBJECT TO INSPECTION. The department shall include in each | ||
registration renewal notice for a vehicle that is a trailer, | ||
semitrailer, or pole trailer a statement regarding whether the | ||
vehicle is subject to inspection under Chapter 548. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 548.005, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 548.005. INSPECTION ONLY BY CERTAIN [ |
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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; [ |
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(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 3. 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 [ |
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(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 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1001 passed the Senate on | ||
May 1, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; | ||
May 26, 2017, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | ||
requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 27, 2017, House | ||
granted request of the Senate; May 28, 2017, Senate adopted | ||
Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 30, | ||
Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1001 passed the House, with | ||
amendments, on May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, | ||
Nays 1, one present not voting; May 27, 2017, House granted request | ||
of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | ||
May 28, 2017, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, four present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |