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	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.