H.B. No. 198         AN ACT   relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 548, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 548.054 to read as follows:          Sec. 548.054.  INSPECTION OF CERTAIN TRAVEL TRAILERS BY   OWNER. A travel trailer, as defined by Section 501.002, that is not   exempt from this chapter under Section 548.052(3) meets the safety   inspection requirements of this chapter if the owner submits to the   Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or county tax assessor-collector   at the time of the trailer's registration an affidavit stating   that:                (1)  the owner has inspected the trailer during the   period prescribed by Section 548.101; and                (2)  the trailer is in proper and safe condition and   complies with this chapter and the rules adopted under this   chapter.          SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 548.510, Transportation   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 548.510.  FEE FOR CERTAIN EXEMPTED VEHICLES [NOT   SUBJECT TO INSPECTION]; COLLECTION OF FEE DURING REGISTRATION.          SECTION 3.  Section 548.510(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A vehicle described by Section 548.052(3) that has an   actual gross weight or registered gross weight of more than 4,500   pounds, and a travel trailer that has been certified by the   trailer's owner as meeting the safety inspection requirements of   this chapter under Section 548.054, are each [is] subject to a fee   in the amount of $7.50.          SECTION 4.  It is the intent of the legislature that the   Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public   Safety implement the provisions of this Act using money   appropriated to those agencies that may be spent for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 198 was passed by the House on May 12,   2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 4, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 198 was passed by the Senate on May   24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor