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By: Noble, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) |
H.B. No. 198 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2023; |
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May 15, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 548.054 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 548.054. INSPECTION OF CERTAIN TRAVEL TRAILERS BY |
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OWNER. A travel trailer, as defined by Section 501.002, that is not |
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exempt from this chapter under Section 548.052(3) meets the safety |
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inspection requirements of this chapter if the owner submits to the |
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Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or county tax assessor-collector |
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at the time of the trailer's registration an affidavit stating |
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that: |
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(1) the owner has inspected the trailer during the |
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period prescribed by Section 548.101; and |
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(2) the trailer is in proper and safe condition and |
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complies with this chapter and the rules adopted under this |
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chapter. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 548.510, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 548.510. FEE FOR CERTAIN EXEMPTED VEHICLES [NOT |
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SUBJECT TO INSPECTION]; COLLECTION OF FEE DURING REGISTRATION. |
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SECTION 3. Section 548.510(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A vehicle described by Section 548.052(3) that has an |
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actual gross weight or registered gross weight of more than 4,500 |
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pounds, and a travel trailer that has been certified by the |
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trailer's owner as meeting the safety inspection requirements of |
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this chapter under Section 548.054, are each [is] subject to a fee |
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in the amount of $7.50. |
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SECTION 4. It is the intent of the legislature that the |
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Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public |
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Safety implement the provisions of this Act using money |
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appropriated to those agencies that may be spent for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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