By: Taylor of Galveston, et al. S.B. No. 1001     (Paul)           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 548.005, Transportation Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 548.005.  INSPECTION ONLY BY CERTAIN [STATE-CERTIFIED   AND SUPERVISED] INSPECTION STATIONS [STATION]. A compulsory   inspection under this chapter may be made only by an inspection   station, except that the department may:                (1)  permit inspection to be made by an inspector under   terms and conditions the department prescribes;                (2)  authorize the acceptance in this state of a   certificate of inspection and approval issued in another state   having a similar inspection law; [and]                (3)  authorize the acceptance in this state of a   certificate of inspection and approval issued in compliance with 49   C.F.R. Part 396 to a motor bus, as defined by Section 502.001, that   is registered in this state but is not domiciled in this state; and                (4)  authorize the acceptance in this state of a   certificate of inspection and approval issued:                      (A)  by an inspector qualified under 49 C.F.R.   Part 396 acting as an employee or authorized agent of the owner of a   commercial fleet, as defined in Section 502.001; and                      (B)  to a motor vehicle or trailer that is:                            (i)  part of the fleet; and                            (ii)  registered or in the process of being   registered in this state.          SECTION 2.  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 3.  Subchapter H, Chapter 548, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 548.510 to read as follows:          Sec. 548.510.  FEE FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES NOT SUBJECT TO   INSPECTION; COLLECTION OF FEE DURING REGISTRATION. (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 is subject to a   fee in the amount of $7.50.          (b)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or a county   assessor-collector that registers a vehicle described by   Subsection (a) shall collect at the time of registration of the   vehicle the fee prescribed by Subsection (a). The Texas Department   of Motor Vehicles or the county assessor-collector, as applicable,   shall remit the fee to the comptroller. Each fee remitted to the   comptroller under this section shall be deposited as follows:                (1)  $3.50 to the credit of the Texas mobility fund;                 (2)  $2 to the credit of the general revenue fund; and                (3)  $2 to the credit of the clean air account.          (c)  The fee collected under Subsection (a) is not a motor   vehicle registration fee and the revenue collected from the fee is   not required to be used for a purpose specified by Section 7-a,   Article VIII, Texas Constitution.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.