86R2143 BEE-F
 
  By: Minjarez H.B. No. 113
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the registration, operation, and inspection of
  automated motor vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 502.0431 to read as follows:
         Sec. 502.0431.  APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF AUTOMATED
  MOTOR VEHICLE. An applicant for registration of an automated motor
  vehicle, as defined by Section 545.451, must indicate in the
  vehicle description required under Section 502.043(a) that the
  vehicle is an automated motor vehicle.
         SECTION 2.  Section 545.454(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  An automated motor vehicle may not operate on a highway
  in this state with the automated driving system engaged unless the
  vehicle is:
               (1)  capable of operating in compliance with applicable
  traffic and motor vehicle laws of this state, subject to this
  subchapter;
               (2)  equipped with a recording device, as defined by
  Section 547.615(a), installed by the manufacturer of the automated
  motor vehicle or automated driving system;
               (3)  equipped with an automated driving system in
  compliance with applicable federal law and federal motor vehicle
  safety standards;
               (4)  equipped with the most recent software updates
  released by the manufacturer of the automated motor vehicle and
  automated driving system;
               (5)  equipped with a failure alert system that alerts
  the owner of the vehicle to a failure of the automated driving
  system;
               (6)  registered and titled in accordance with the laws
  of this state; and
               (7) [(5)]  covered by motor vehicle liability coverage
  or self-insurance in an amount equal to the amount of coverage that
  is required under the laws of this state.
         SECTION 3.  Section 548.051(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or
  mobile home, registered in this state, must have the following
  items inspected at an inspection station or by an inspector:
               (1)  tires;
               (2)  wheel assembly;
               (3)  safety guards or flaps, if required by Section
  547.606;
               (4)  brake system, including power brake unit;
               (5)  steering system, including power steering;
               (6)  lighting equipment;
               (7)  horns and warning devices;
               (8)  mirrors;
               (9)  windshield wipers;
               (10)  sunscreening devices, unless the vehicle is
  exempt from sunscreen device restrictions under Section 547.613;
               (11)  front seat belts in vehicles on which seat belt
  anchorages were part of the manufacturer's original equipment;
               (12)  exhaust system;
               (13)  exhaust emission system;
               (14)  fuel tank cap, using pressurized testing
  equipment approved by department rule; [and]
               (15)  emissions control equipment as designated by
  department rule; and
               (16)  if the vehicle is an automated motor vehicle as
  defined by Section 545.451:
                     (A)  automated driving system; and
                     (B)  failure alert system as required by Section
  545.454(b)(5).
         SECTION 4.  (a)  As soon as practicable after the effective
  date of this Act, the Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules
  governing the inspection of automated driving systems and failure
  alert systems, as required by Section 548.051(a)(16),
  Transportation Code, as added by this Act.
         (b)  The changes in law made by this Act to Section
  548.051(a), Transportation Code, apply only to a vehicle inspected
  on or after September 1, 2020.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.