82R21231 NAJ-D
By: Howard of Fort Bend, Smith of Tarrant, H.B. No. 890
et al.
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 890:
By: Pickett C.S.H.B. No. 890
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain custom vehicles and street rods.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 501.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.038. CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR CUSTOM VEHICLE OR
STREET ROD. (a) In this section, "custom vehicle" and "street rod"
have the meanings assigned by Section 504.501.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if
the department issues a certificate of title for a custom vehicle or
street rod, the model year and make of the vehicle must be listed on
the certificate of title and must be the model year and make that
the body of the vehicle resembles. The certificate of title must
also include the word "replica."
(c) The owner of the custom vehicle or street rod shall
provide the department with documentation identifying the model
year and make that the body of the vehicle resembles.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 504.501, Transportation
Code, as effective September 1, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 504.501. CLASSIC MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS;
CUSTOM VEHICLES; STREET RODS.
SECTION 3. Section 504.501, Transportation Code, as
effective September 1, 2011, is amended by amending Subsection (a)
and adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates for
a motor vehicle that is at least 25 years old or is a custom vehicle
or street rod. The license plates must include the word or words
"Classic," "Custom Vehicle," or "Street Rod," or a similar
designation, as appropriate.
(d) Notwithstanding Chapter 547, a custom vehicle or street
rod eligible to receive license plates under this section is not
required to be equipped with a specific piece of equipment unless
the specific piece of equipment was required by statute as a
condition of sale during the year listed as the model year on the
certificate of title.
(e) On initial registration of a custom vehicle or street
rod, the owner must provide proof, acceptable to the department,
that the custom vehicle or street rod passed a safety inspection
that has been approved by the department. The department shall
create a safety inspection process for inspecting custom vehicles
and street rods.
(f) In this section:
(1) "Custom vehicle" means a vehicle:
(A) that is:
(i) at least 25 years old and of a model
year after 1948; or
(ii) manufactured to resemble a vehicle
that is at least 25 years old and of a model year after 1948; and
(B) that:
(i) has been altered from the
manufacturer's original design; or
(ii) has a body constructed from materials
not original to the vehicle.
(2) "Street rod" means a vehicle:
(A) that was manufactured:
(i) before 1949; or
(ii) after 1948 to resemble a vehicle
manufactured before 1949; and
(B) that:
(i) has been altered from the
manufacturer's original design; or
(ii) has a body constructed from materials
not original to the vehicle.
SECTION 4. 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, 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
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 [502.275];
(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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.