By: Harris of Williamson H.B. No. 3014
(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2023;
May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the motor vehicle safety inspection of electric
vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 548.051, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A motor vehicle that uses electricity as its only source
of motor power and that is not equipped with an internal combustion
engine is exempt from the inspection requirements relating to the
emissions and exhaust systems provided in Subsections
(a)(12)-(15).
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the public safety director of the Department of Public
Safety shall adopt or amend department rules as necessary to
implement the provisions of this Act.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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