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2	2	By: Hall S.B. No. 2750
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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; and
19	19	(2) [each amount described by Sections 548.510(d)(3)
20	20	and (e)(3), Transportation Code; and
21	21	[(3) $6 from the portion of each fee collected for an
22	22	inspection of a vehicle and remitted to the state under Section
23	23	548.5035, Transportation Code; and
24	24	[(3)] fees collected that are required under Section
25	25	185 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7511d).
26	26	SECTION 2. Section 382.202(d-2), Health and Safety Code, is
27	27	amended to read as follows:
28	28	(d-2) If approved by the United States Environmental
29	29	Protection Agency as part of the state's air quality state
30	30	implementation plan, [provides for a three-year emissions
31	31	inspection period for a vehicle described by Section 548.1025(a),
32	32	Transportation Code:
33	33	[(1) the system implemented by] the Department of
34	34	Public Safety of the State of Texas shall provide under Subsection
35	35	(d) [shall provide] for a three-year emissions inspection period
36	36	for a vehicle registered under [described by] Section 502.0026
37	37	[548.1025(a)], Transportation Code. The [; and
38	38	[(2) the] commission shall establish and assess fees
39	39	for an [the] emissions inspection conducted under this section [of
40	40	a vehicle described by Section 548.1025(a), Transportation Code,]
41	41	in amounts calculated to provide the same revenue that would be
42	42	provided if the vehicle was inspected annually or biennially.
43	43	SECTION 3. Section 502.0026(b), Transportation Code, is
44	44	amended to read as follows:
45	45	(b) Payment for all applicable fees, including any optional
46	46	fee imposed under Subchapter H and other registration fees and the
47	47	fee required by Section 548.510 [548.5035], for the entire
48	48	registration period is due at the time of registration.
49	49	SECTION 4. Section 502.044, Transportation Code, is amended
50	50	by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (e) to read as
51	51	follows:
52	52	(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the department shall
53	53	designate a vehicle registration period of 24 consecutive months to
54	54	begin on the first day of a calendar month and end on the last day of
55	55	the 24th calendar month for a passenger car or light truck that:
56	56	(1) is sold in this state or purchased by a commercial
57	57	fleet buyer described by Section 501.0234(b)(4) for use in this
58	58	state;
59	59	(2) has not been previously registered in this or
60	60	another state; and
61	61	(3) on the date of sale is of the current or preceding
62	62	model year.
63	63	(e) The department shall use the date of sale of the vehicle
64	64	in designating the registration period [year] for a vehicle for
65	65	which registration is applied [for] under Section 501.0234.
66	66	SECTION 5. Section 548.510, Transportation Code, as amended
67	67	by Chapters 851 (H.B. 3297) and 999 (H.B. 198), Acts of the 88th
68	68	Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to
69	69	read as follows:
70	70	Sec. 548.510. INSPECTION PROGRAM REPLACEMENT FEE. (a) In
71	71	[Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), in] addition to
72	72	other fees imposed at the time of registration, at the time of
73	73	application for initial registration or renewal of registration of
74	74	a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile
75	75	home, the applicant shall pay an annual fee of $3.50 [$7.50].
76	76	(b) Instead of the fee provided by Subsection (a), an
77	77	applicant shall pay a one-time fee of $12.75 [$16.75] if the
78	78	application is for the initial registration of a passenger car or
79	79	light truck under Section 502.044(a-1) [that:
80	80	[(1) is sold in this state or purchased by a commercial
81	81	fleet buyer described by Section 501.0234(b)(4) for use in this
82	82	state;
83	83	[(2) has not been previously registered in this or
84	84	another state; and
85	85	[(3) on the date of sale is of the current model year
86	86	or preceding model year].
87	87	[(c)] An applicant who pays a fee under this subsection
88	88	[Subsection (b)] for a registration year is not required to pay a
89	89	fee under Subsection (a) for the next registration year for the same
90	90	vehicle.
91	91	(c) Instead of the fee provided by Subsection (a) or (b), an
92	92	applicant shall pay a one-time fee of $16.25 if the application is
93	93	for the initial registration of a passenger car or light truck under
94	94	Section 502.0026. An applicant who pays a fee under this subsection
95	95	for a registration year is not required to pay a fee under
96	96	Subsection (a) for the next two registration years for the same
97	97	vehicle.
98	98	(d) Each fee paid under this section [Subsection (a)] shall
99	99	be deposited to the credit of the Texas mobility fund by the
100	100	comptroller after receipt under Section 548.509 [as follows:
101	101	[(1) $3.50 to the credit of the Texas mobility fund;
102	102	[(2) $2 to the credit of the general revenue fund; and
103	103	[(3) $2 to the credit of the clean air account].
104	104	(e) [Each fee paid under Subsection (b) shall be deposited
105	105	by the comptroller after receipt under Section 548.509 as follows:
106	106	[(1) $12.75 to the credit of the Texas mobility fund;
107	107	[(2) $2 to the credit of the general revenue fund; and
108	108	[(3) $2 to the credit of the clean air account.
109	109	[(f)] A fee collected under this section is not a motor
110	110	vehicle registration fee and the revenue collected from the fee is
111	111	not required to be used for a purpose specified by Section 7-a,
112	112	Article VIII, Texas Constitution.
113	113	SECTION 6. The following provisions of the Transportation
114	114	Code are repealed:
115	115	(1) Sections 548.051(a) and (c);
116	116	(2) Section 548.052;
117	117	(3) Section 548.054;
118	118	(4) Section 548.1025;
119	119	(5) Section 548.104(d);
120	120	(6) Section 548.501(a); and
121	121	(7) Section 548.5035.
122	122	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
123	123	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
124	124	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
125	125	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
126	126	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.