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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, |
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| 10 | 10 | | is amended by adding Section 548.054 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 548.054. INSPECTION OF CERTAIN TRAVEL TRAILERS BY |
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| 12 | 12 | | OWNER. A travel trailer, as defined by Section 501.002, that is not |
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| 13 | 13 | | exempt from this chapter under Section 548.052(3) meets the safety |
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| 14 | 14 | | inspection requirements of this chapter if the owner submits to the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or county tax assessor-collector |
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| 16 | 16 | | at the time of the trailer's registration an affidavit stating |
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| 17 | 17 | | that: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the owner has inspected the trailer during the |
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| 19 | 19 | | period prescribed by Section 548.101; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the trailer is in proper and safe condition and |
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| 21 | 21 | | complies with this chapter and the rules adopted under this |
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| 22 | 22 | | chapter. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. The heading to Section 548.510, Transportation |
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| 24 | 24 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 548.510. FEE FOR CERTAIN EXEMPTED VEHICLES [NOT |
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| 26 | 26 | | SUBJECT TO INSPECTION]; COLLECTION OF FEE DURING REGISTRATION. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. Section 548.510(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 28 | 28 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) A vehicle described by Section 548.052(3) that has an |
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| 30 | 30 | | actual gross weight or registered gross weight of more than 4,500 |
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| 31 | 31 | | pounds, and a travel trailer that has been certified by the |
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| 32 | 32 | | trailer's owner as meeting the safety inspection requirements of |
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| 33 | 33 | | this chapter under Section 548.054, are each [is] subject to a fee |
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| 34 | 34 | | in the amount of $7.50. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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