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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exemption of authorized emergency vehicles from |
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vehicle safety inspections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 548.052, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 548.052. APPLICABILITY [VEHICLES NOT SUBJECT TO
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INSPECTION]. (a) This chapter does not apply to: |
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(1) a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile |
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home moving under or bearing a current factory-delivery license |
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plate or current in-transit license plate; |
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(2) a vehicle moving under or bearing a paper dealer |
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in-transit tag, machinery license, disaster license, parade |
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license, prorate tab, one-trip permit, vehicle temporary transit |
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permit, antique license, custom vehicle license, street rod |
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license, temporary 24-hour permit, or permit license; |
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(3) a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile |
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home having an actual gross weight or registered gross weight of |
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7,500 pounds or less; |
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(4) farm machinery, road-building equipment, a farm |
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trailer, or a vehicle required to display a slow-moving-vehicle |
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emblem under Section 547.703; |
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(5) a former military vehicle, as defined by Section |
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504.502; |
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(6) a vehicle qualified for a tax exemption under |
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Section 152.092, Tax Code; or |
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(7) a vehicle for which a certificate of title has been |
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issued but that is not required to be registered. |
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(b) The vehicle safety inspection requirements of this |
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chapter do not apply to an authorized emergency vehicle. |
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SECTION 2. Section 548.510(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A vehicle described by Section 548.052(a)(3) |
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[548.052(3)] that has an actual gross weight or registered gross |
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weight of more than 4,500 pounds is subject to a fee in the amount of |
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$7.50. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |