H.B. No. 3014
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the motor vehicle safety inspection of electric
  vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 548.051, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A motor vehicle that uses electricity as its only source
  of motor power and that is not equipped with an internal combustion
  engine is exempt from the inspection requirements relating to the
  emissions and exhaust systems provided in Subsections
  (a)(12)-(15).
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the public safety director of the Department of Public
  Safety shall adopt or amend department rules as necessary to
  implement the provisions of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
  offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
  by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
  this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
  this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3014 was passed by the House on May 3,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 3, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3014 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor