By: Taylor of Galveston  S.B. No. 1001          (In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2017; March 6, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;   March 30, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,   Nays 0; March 30, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to vehicles exempt from vehicle safety inspections.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 548.052, Transportation Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 548.052.  VEHICLES NOT SUBJECT TO INSPECTION.  This   chapter does not apply to:                (1)  a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile   home moving under or bearing a current factory-delivery license   plate or current in-transit license plate;                (2)  a vehicle moving under or bearing a paper dealer   in-transit tag, machinery license, disaster license, parade   license, prorate tab, one-trip permit, vehicle temporary transit   permit, antique license, custom vehicle license, street rod   license, temporary 24-hour permit, or permit license;                (3)  a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile   home having an actual gross weight or registered gross weight of   7,500 [4,500] pounds or less;                (4)  farm machinery, road-building equipment, a farm   trailer, or a vehicle required to display a slow-moving-vehicle   emblem under Section 547.703;                (5)  a former military vehicle, as defined by Section   504.502;                (6)  a vehicle qualified for a tax exemption under   Section 152.092, Tax Code; or                (7)  a vehicle for which a certificate of title has been   issued but that is not required to be registered.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *