Amend CSSB 1507 by striking SECTION 224 of the bill (committee 
printing page 87, line 45 through page 88, line 12) and 
substituting:
	SECTION 224.  Subchapter B, Chapter 520, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Sections 520.024 and 520.025 to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 520.024.  REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION CONSOLIDATION 
STUDY.  (a)  In consultation with the Texas Commission on 
Environmental Quality, the department and the Department of Public 
Safety shall conduct a joint study on the feasibility of 
consolidation of the state's motor vehicle registration and 
compulsory inspection procedures in a manner that will allow 
completion of annual registration and compulsory inspection 
requirements as part of a single process.  The study must address 
recommendations for:
		(1)  consolidating shared records and information;                     
		(2)  the manner in which registration and inspection 
fees collected will be distributed;
		(3)  oversight regarding implementation of the 
consolidated procedures;
		(4)  transition from the current separate procedures to 
the consolidated procedures; and
		(5)  other related issues the departments consider 
appropriate.      
	(b)  The departments shall share the cost of the study in 
equal amounts.
	Sec. 520.025.  MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF SHARED INFORMATION 
STUDY.  (a)  In consultation with the Texas Commission on 
Environmental Quality, the department and the Department of Public 
Safety shall conduct a joint study on the merger or consolidation of 
similar information that is collected separately by each agency.  
The study should include the feasibility of establishing a database 
interface software system that:
		(1)  sufficiently protects the privacy of the public;                  
		(2)  sufficiently protects the security and integrity 
of information provided;
		(3)  increases public convenience;                                     
		(4)  is cost-effective; and                                            
		(5)  improves the coordination of regulatory 
resources.              
	(b)  The implementing agencies may facilitate the 
implementation of the merger or consolidation, assist in the 
development of rules, and coordinate a testing phase.