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2	2	By: Miles S.B. No. 1780
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the registration and inspection of vehicles.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 382.0622(a), Health and Safety Code, as
12	12	amended by Chapters 362 (S.B. 2102) and 851 (H.B. 3297), Acts of the
13	13	88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended
14	14	to read as follows:
15	15	(a) Clean Air Act fees consist of:
16	16	(1) fees collected by the commission under Sections
17	17	382.062, 382.0621, 382.202, and 382.302 and as otherwise provided
18	18	by law;
19	19	(2) each amount designated [described] by Section
20	20	548.510 [Sections 548.510(d)(3) and (e)(3)], Transportation Code,
21	21	for deposit to the credit of the clean air account; and
22	22	[(3) $6 from the portion of each fee collected for an
23	23	inspection of a vehicle and remitted to the state under Section
24	24	548.5035, Transportation Code; and]
25	25	(3) fees collected that are required under Section 185
26	26	of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7511d).
27	27	SECTION 2. Section 382.202(d-2), Health and Safety Code, is
28	28	amended to read as follows:
29	29	(d-2) If approved by the United States Environmental
30	30	Protection Agency as part of the state's air quality state
31	31	implementation plan, [provides for a three-year emissions
32	32	inspection period for a vehicle described by Section 548.1025(a),
33	33	Transportation Code:
34	34	[(1) the system implemented by] the Department of
35	35	Public Safety of the State of Texas shall provide under Subsection
36	36	(d) [shall provide] for a three-year emissions inspection period
37	37	for a vehicle registered under [described by] Section 502.0026
38	38	[548.1025(a)], Transportation Code. The [; and
39	39	[(2) the] commission shall establish and assess fees
40	40	for an [the] emissions inspection conducted under this section [of
41	41	a vehicle described by Section 548.1025(a), Transportation Code,]
42	42	in amounts calculated to provide the same revenue that would be
43	43	provided if the vehicle was inspected annually or biennially.
44	44	SECTION 3. Section 502.0026(b), Transportation Code, is
45	45	amended to read as follows:
46	46	(b) Payment for all applicable fees, including any optional
47	47	fee imposed under Subchapter H and other registration fees and the
48	48	fee required by Section 548.510 [548.5035], for the entire
49	49	registration period is due at the time of registration.
50	50	SECTION 4. Section 502.044, Transportation Code, is amended
51	51	by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (e) to read as
52	52	follows:
53	53	(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the department shall
54	54	designate a vehicle registration period of 24 consecutive months to
55	55	begin on the first day of a calendar month and end on the last day of
56	56	the 24th calendar month for a passenger car or light truck that:
57	57	(1) is sold in this state or purchased by a commercial
58	58	fleet buyer described by Section 501.0234(b)(4) for use in this
59	59	state;
60	60	(2) has not been previously registered in this or
61	61	another state; and
62	62	(3) on the date of sale is of the current or preceding
63	63	model year.
64	64	(e) The department shall use the date of sale of the vehicle
65	65	in designating the registration period [year] for a vehicle for
66	66	which registration is applied [for] under Section 501.0234.
67	67	SECTION 5. The heading to Section 548.510, Transportation
68	68	Code, as amended by Chapters 851 (H.B. 3297) and 999 (H.B. 198),
69	69	Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted
70	70	to read as follows:
71	71	Sec. 548.510. INSPECTION PROGRAM REPLACEMENT FEE.
72	72	SECTION 6. Section 548.510(a), Transportation Code, as
73	73	amended by Chapters 851 (H.B. 3297) and 999 (H.B. 198), Acts of the
74	74	88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended
75	75	to read as follows:
76	76	(a) In [Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), in]
77	77	addition to other fees imposed at the time of registration, at the
78	78	time of application for initial registration or renewal of
79	79	registration of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole
80	80	trailer, or mobile home, the applicant shall pay an annual fee of
81	81	$7.50.
82	82	SECTION 7. Section 548.510, Transportation Code, is amended
83	83	by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (e-1) to
84	84	read as follows:
85	85	(b) Instead of the fee provided by Subsection (a), an
86	86	applicant shall pay a one-time fee of $16.75 if the application is
87	87	for the initial registration of a passenger car or light truck under
88	88	Section 502.044(a-1) [that:
89	89	[(1) is sold in this state or purchased by a commercial
90	90	fleet buyer described by Section 501.0234(b)(4) for use in this
91	91	state;
92	92	[(2) has not been previously registered in this or
93	93	another state; and
94	94	[(3) on the date of sale is of the current model year
95	95	or preceding model year].
96	96	[(c)] An applicant who pays a fee under this subsection
97	97	[Subsection (b)] for a registration year is not required to pay a
98	98	fee under Subsection (a) for the next registration year for the same
99	99	vehicle.
100	100	(c) Instead of the fee provided by Subsection (a) or (b), an
101	101	applicant shall pay a one-time fee of $22.25 if the application is
102	102	for the initial registration of a passenger car or light truck under
103	103	Section 502.0026. An applicant who pays a fee under this subsection
104	104	for a registration year is not required to pay a fee under
105	105	Subsection (a) for the next two registration years for the same
106	106	vehicle.
107	107	(e-1) Each fee paid under Subsection (c) shall be deposited
108	108	by the comptroller after receipt under Section 548.509 as follows:
109	109	(1) $16.25 to the credit of the Texas mobility fund;
110	110	and
111	111	(2) $6 to the credit of the clean air account.
112	112	SECTION 8. The following sections of the Transportation
113	113	Code are repealed:
114	114	(1) 548.051(a) and (c);
115	115	(2) 548.052;
116	116	(3) 548.054;
117	117	(4) 548.1025;
118	118	(5) 548.104(d);
119	119	(6) 548.501(a); and
120	120	(7) 548.5035.
121	121	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.