| 1 | 1 | | By: Hancock S.B. No. 1093 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2017; March 7, 2017, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 3, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 3, 2017, |
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| 6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | 8 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1093 By: Hancock |
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| 10 | 10 | | |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 13 | | relating to the inspection of certain commercial motor vehicles |
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| 14 | 14 | | that are not domiciled in this state. |
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| 15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Section 548.052, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 17 | 17 | | to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 548.052. VEHICLES NOT SUBJECT TO INSPECTION. This |
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| 19 | 19 | | chapter does not apply to: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile |
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| 21 | 21 | | home moving under or bearing a current factory-delivery license |
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| 22 | 22 | | plate or current in-transit license plate; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) a vehicle moving under or bearing a paper dealer |
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| 24 | 24 | | in-transit tag, machinery license, disaster license, parade |
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| 25 | 25 | | license, prorate tab, one-trip permit, vehicle temporary transit |
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| 26 | 26 | | permit, antique license, custom vehicle license, street rod |
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| 27 | 27 | | license, temporary 24-hour permit, or permit license; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile |
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| 29 | 29 | | home having an actual gross weight or registered gross weight of |
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| 30 | 30 | | 4,500 pounds or less; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (4) farm machinery, road-building equipment, a farm |
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| 32 | 32 | | trailer, or a vehicle required to display a slow-moving-vehicle |
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| 33 | 33 | | emblem under Section 547.703; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (5) a former military vehicle, as defined by Section |
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| 35 | 35 | | 504.502; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (6) a vehicle qualified for a tax exemption under |
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| 37 | 37 | | Section 152.092, Tax Code; [or] |
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| 38 | 38 | | (7) a vehicle for which a certificate of title has been |
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| 39 | 39 | | issued but that is not required to be registered; or |
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| 40 | 40 | | (8) a vehicle that: |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) is not domiciled in this state; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) is registered: |
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| 43 | 43 | | (i) under the International Registration |
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| 44 | 44 | | Plan as authorized by Section 502.091; or |
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| 45 | 45 | | (ii) as a token trailer under Section |
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| 46 | 46 | | 502.255, including for an extended period under Section 502.0023; |
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| 47 | 47 | | and |
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| 48 | 48 | | (C) has been issued a certificate of inspection |
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| 49 | 49 | | in compliance with federal motor carrier safety regulations. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 51 | 51 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 52 | 52 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 55 | 55 | | * * * * * |
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