H.B. No. 3014         AN ACT   relating to the motor vehicle safety inspection of electric   vehicles.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 548.051, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  A motor vehicle that uses electricity as its only source   of motor power and that is not equipped with an internal combustion   engine is exempt from the inspection requirements relating to the   emissions and exhaust systems provided in Subsections   (a)(12)-(15).          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the public safety director of the Department of Public   Safety shall adopt or amend department rules as necessary to   implement the provisions of this Act.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An   offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed   by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of   this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of   this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 3014 was passed by the House on May 3,   2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 3, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 3014 was passed by the Senate on May   19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor