By: West S.B. No. 2243     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles   to require that a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer have a vehicle   identification number inspection.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 501.032, Transportation Code, is amended   by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as   follows:          (a)  A [In addition to any requirement established by   department rule, a] motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer must   have an identification number inspection under Section 501.0321 if:                (1)  the department does not have a motor vehicle   record for the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer in the   department's registration and title system, and the owner of the   motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is filing a bond with the   department under Section 501.053;                (2)  the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer was   last titled or registered outside of the United States and imported   into the United States; or                (3)  the owner or person claiming ownership requires an   assigned or reassigned identification number under Section   501.033.          (a-1)  The department by rule may establish additional   categories of motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers not   specified in Subsection (a) that are required to have vehicle   identification number inspections under Section 501.0321.          SECTION 2.  Section 501.0321(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  An inspection required under Section 501.032 or a rule   adopted under that section must verify, as applicable, the identity   of:                (1)  a motor vehicle;                (2)  a trailer or semitrailer;                (3)  a frame, body, or motor of a motor vehicle; or                (4)  an item of equipment not required to be titled but   that may be registered under Chapter 502 or issued licensed plates   under Chapter 504.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.