Amend CSHB 3 as follows:
(1) On page 38, line 25, through page 39, line 2, strike
Section 3B.01 and substitute the following:
SECTION 3B.01. Sections 548.501-548.503, Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
Sec. 548.501. INSPECTION FEES GENERALLY. (a) Except as
provided by Sections 548.503 and 548.504, the fee for inspection of
a motor vehicle other than a moped is $17.00 [$12.50]. The fee for
inspection of a moped is $10.25 [$5.75] The fee for a verification
form issued as required by Section 548.256 is $1.
(b) An inspection station shall pay to the department $10.00
[$5.50] of each fee for an inspection. The department may require
the station to make an advance payment of $10.00 [$5.50] for each
inspection certificate provided to the station. If advance payment
is made:
(1) no further payment may be required on issuance of a
certificate;
(2) the inspection station may waive the fee due from
the owner of an inspected vehicle who is issued a certificate to
which the advance payment applies;
(3) the department shall refund to the inspection
station $10.00 [$5.50] for each unissued certificate that the
station returns to the department in accordance with department
rules; and
(4) the conservation commission shall pay to the
department $2 for each unissued certificate that the station
returns to the department.
Sec. 548.502. INSPECTION BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR STATE
AGENCY. A political subdivision or state agency for which the
department certifies an inspection station under Section 548.004:
(1) shall pay to the department an advance payment of
$10.00 [$5.50] for each inspection certificate provided to it; and
(2) may not be required to pay the compulsory
inspection fee.
Sec. 548.503. Initial Two-Year Inspection of Passenger Car or
Light Truck. (a) The fee for inspection of a passenger car or light
truck under Section 548.102 shall be set by the department by rule
on or before September 1 of each year. A fee set by the department
under this subsection must be based on the costs of producing
certificates, providing inspections, and administering the
program, but may not be less than $26.25 [$21.75].
(b) The department shall require an inspection station to
make an advance payment of $19.25 [$14.75] for a certificate to be
issued under this section. Additional payment may not be required
of the station for the certificate. The inspection station may
waive the fee due from the owner of the vehicle inspected. A refund
for an unissued certificate shall be made in the same manner as
provided for other certificate refunds.
SECTION 3B.02. Section 548.508, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 548.508. DISPOSITION OF FEES. Except as provided by
Subsection (b), Sections 382.037 and 382.0622, Health and Safety
Code, and Section 548.5055, each fee collected by the department
under this subchapter shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas
mobility fund.
(b) Of each fee collected by the department under Section
548.501, 548.502, or 548.503, $4.50 shall be deposited to the
credit of general revenue fund.
(2) Renumber existing sections accordingly.