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.