Amend HB 2409 by adding the following appropriately numbered
sections and by renumbering the remaining sections as appropriate:
SECTION ____. 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, antique 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
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; <or>
(5) a former military vehicle, as defined by Section
502.275(o); or
(6) a vehicle for which a certificate of title has
been issued but that is not required to be registered.
SECTION ____. Section 548.256(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Before a vehicle that is brought into this state by a
person other than a manufacturer or importer may be registered <may
be issued a title under Section 501.030>, the owner must have the
vehicle inspected and have the inspection station record the
following information on a verification form prescribed and
provided by the department:
(1) the vehicle identification number;
(2) the number appearing on the odometer of the
vehicle at the time of the inspection, if the vehicle has an
odometer; and
(3) other information the department requires.
SECTION ____. The section heading to Section 548.256,
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 548.256. VERIFICATION FORM REQUIRED TO REGISTER <AND
TITLE> VEHICLE.