H.B. No. 198
AN ACT
relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 548, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 548.054 to read as follows:
Sec. 548.054. INSPECTION OF CERTAIN TRAVEL TRAILERS BY
OWNER. A travel trailer, as defined by Section 501.002, that is not
exempt from this chapter under Section 548.052(3) meets the safety
inspection requirements of this chapter if the owner submits to the
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or county tax assessor-collector
at the time of the trailer's registration an affidavit stating
that:
(1) the owner has inspected the trailer during the
period prescribed by Section 548.101; and
(2) the trailer is in proper and safe condition and
complies with this chapter and the rules adopted under this
chapter.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 548.510, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 548.510. FEE FOR CERTAIN EXEMPTED VEHICLES [NOT
SUBJECT TO INSPECTION]; COLLECTION OF FEE DURING REGISTRATION.
SECTION 3. Section 548.510(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A vehicle described by Section 548.052(3) that has an
actual gross weight or registered gross weight of more than 4,500
pounds, and a travel trailer that has been certified by the
trailer's owner as meeting the safety inspection requirements of
this chapter under Section 548.054, are each [is] subject to a fee
in the amount of $7.50.
SECTION 4. It is the intent of the legislature that the
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public
Safety implement the provisions of this Act using money
appropriated to those agencies that may be spent for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 198 was passed by the House on May 12,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 4, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 198 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor