| 1 | 1 | | 85R4768 JRR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Paul, Anderson of McLennan, Phillips, H.B. No. 946 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Thompson of Brazoria, et al. |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to vehicles exempt from vehicle safety inspections. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 548.052, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 548.052. VEHICLES NOT SUBJECT TO INSPECTION. This |
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| 13 | 13 | | chapter does not apply to: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile |
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| 15 | 15 | | home moving under or bearing a current factory-delivery license |
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| 16 | 16 | | plate or current in-transit license plate; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) a vehicle moving under or bearing a paper dealer |
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| 18 | 18 | | in-transit tag, machinery license, disaster license, parade |
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| 19 | 19 | | license, prorate tab, one-trip permit, vehicle temporary transit |
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| 20 | 20 | | permit, antique license, custom vehicle license, street rod |
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| 21 | 21 | | license, temporary 24-hour permit, or permit license; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile |
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| 23 | 23 | | home having an actual gross weight or registered gross weight of |
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| 24 | 24 | | 7,500 [4,500] pounds or less; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) farm machinery, road-building equipment, a farm |
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| 26 | 26 | | trailer, or a vehicle required to display a slow-moving-vehicle |
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| 27 | 27 | | emblem under Section 547.703; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (5) a former military vehicle, as defined by Section |
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| 29 | 29 | | 504.502; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (6) a vehicle qualified for a tax exemption under |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 152.092, Tax Code; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (7) a vehicle for which a certificate of title has been |
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| 33 | 33 | | issued but that is not required to be registered. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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