SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 548.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Commercial motor vehicle" means a self-propelled or towed vehicle, other than a farm vehicle with a gross weight, registered weight, or...
- Texas Section 548.002 - Department Rules
The department may adopt rules to administer and enforce this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
- Texas Section 548.003 - Department Certification And Supervision Of Inspection Stations
(a) The department may certify inspection stations to carry out this chapter and may instruct and supervise the inspection stations and mechanics for the inspection...
- Texas Section 548.004 - Department Certification Of Inspection Stations For Political Subdivisions And State Agencies
(a) The department may certify a vehicle maintenance facility owned and operated by a political subdivision or agency of this state as an inspection station....
- Texas Section 548.005 - Inspection Only By State-certified And Supervised Inspection Station
A compulsory inspection under this chapter may be made only by an inspection station, except that the department may: (1) permit inspection to be made...
- Texas Section 548.006 - Advisory Committee
(a) An advisory committee consisting of nine members shall: (1) advise the conservation commission and the department on the conservation commission's and department's rules relating...
- Texas Section 548.007 - Contracts And Instruments To Implement Certain Inspection And Maintenance Programs
The department may execute any contract or instrument that is necessary or convenient to exercise its powers or perform its duties in implementing a motor...
SUBCHAPTER B VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT SUBJECT TO INSPECTION AND REINSPECTION
- Texas Section 548.008 - Vehicle Inspection Program Director
(a) The vehicle inspection program is managed by a program director. The program director may not be a commissioned officer. (b) The office of the...
- Texas Section 548.051 - Vehicles And Equipment Subject To Inspection
(a) A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile home, registered in this state, must have the following items inspected at an inspection station...
- Texas Section 548.052 - Vehicles Not Subject To Inspection
This chapter does not apply to: (1) a trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile home moving under or bearing a current factory-delivery license plate or...
SUBCHAPTER C PERIODS OF INSPECTION; PREREQUISITES TO ISSUANCE OF PASSING VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT
- Texas Section 548.053 - Reinspection Of Vehicle Requiring Adjustment, Correction, Or Repair
(a) If an inspection discloses the necessity for adjustment, correction, or repair, an inspection station or inspector may not issue a passing vehicle inspection report...
- Texas Section 548.101 - General One-year Inspection Period
Except as provided by Section 548.102, the department shall require an annual inspection. The department shall set the periods of inspection and may make rules...
- Texas Section 548.102 - Two-year Initial Inspection Period For Passenger Car Or Light Truck
(a) The initial inspection period is two years for a passenger car or light truck that: (1) is sold in this state or purchased by...
- Texas Section 548.103 - Extended Inspection Period For Certain Vehicles
The department may extend the time within which the resident owner of a vehicle that is not in this state when an inspection is required...
- Texas Section 548.104 - Equipment-related Prerequisites To Issuance Of Passing Vehicle Inspection Report
(a) The commission shall adopt uniform standards of safety applicable to each item required to be inspected by Section 548.051. The standards and the list...
SUBCHAPTER D INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES
- Texas Section 548.105 - Evidence Of Financial Responsibility As Prerequisite To Issuance Of Passing Vehicle Inspection Report
(a) An inspection station or inspector may not issue a passing vehicle inspection report for a vehicle unless the owner or operator furnishes evidence of...
- Texas Section 548.201 - Commercial Motor Vehicle Inspection Program
(a) The commission shall establish an inspection program for commercial motor vehicles that: (1) meets the requirements of federal motor carrier safety regulations; and (2)...
- Texas Section 548.202 - General Applicability Of Chapter To Commercial Motor Vehicles
This chapter applies to a commercial motor vehicle inspection program established under Section 548.201 except as otherwise provided. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec....
SUBCHAPTER E ISSUANCE OF VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORTS; SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO DEPARTMENT DATABASE
- Texas Section 548.203 - Exemptions
The commission by rule may exempt a type of commercial motor vehicle from the application of this subchapter if the vehicle: (1) was manufactured before...
- Texas Section 548.251 - Department To Maintain Database
The department shall maintain an electronic database to which inspection stations may electronically submit the information required by Section 548.253. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 548.252 - Issuance Of Vehicle Inspection Reports
(a) The department by rule shall require an inspection station to: (1) issue a vehicle inspection report to the owner or operator of each vehicle...
- Texas Section 548.253 - Information To Be Submitted On Completion Of Inspection
An inspection station or inspector, on completion of an inspection, shall electronically submit to the department's inspection database: (1) the vehicle identification number of the...
- Texas Section 548.254 - Validity Of Vehicle Inspection Report
A vehicle inspection report is invalid after the end of the 12th month following the month in which the report is issued. Acts 1995, 74th...
- Texas Section 548.256 - Proof Of Compliance With Inspection Requirements Required To Register Vehicle
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), before a vehicle may be registered, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or the county assessor-collector...
SUBCHAPTER F MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE
- Texas Section 548.258 - Use Of State Electronic Internet Portal
(a) In this section, "state electronic Internet portal" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003, Government Code. (b) The department may adopt rules to require...
- Texas Section 548.301 - Commission To Establish Program
(a) The commission shall establish a motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program for vehicles as required by any law of the United States or...
- Texas Section 548.3011 - Emissions Test On Resale
(a) This section applies only to a vehicle: (1) the most recent certificate of title for which or registration of which was issued in a...
- Texas Section 548.3012 - Exemption: Vehicle Not Used Primarily In County Of Registration
(a) This section applies only to a vehicle that: (1) is to be registered in a county with a motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance...
- Texas Section 548.302 - Commission To Adopt Standards And Requirements
The commission shall: (1) adopt standards for emissions-related inspection criteria consistent with requirements of the United States and the conservation commission applicable to a county...
- Texas Section 548.303 - Program Administration
The commission shall administer the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program under this subchapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 548.304 - Stations Licensed To Conduct Emissions Inspections
The department may authorize and certify inspection stations as necessary to implement the emissions-related inspection requirements of the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program...
- Texas Section 548.3045 - Appointment Of Decentralized Facility
(a) The department may issue an inspection station certificate to a decentralized facility authorized and licensed by the department under Section 548.304 if the facility...
- Texas Section 548.306 - Excessive Motor Vehicle Emissions
(a) This section applies to a motor vehicle registered or operated for more than 60 days per calendar year in: (1) a county or a...
- Texas Section 548.3065 - Administrative Penalty
(a) In lieu of criminal proceedings for a violation of Section 548.306, the department may impose an administrative penalty against a person who knowingly violates...
- Texas Section 548.307 - Alternative Testing Methodology For Certain Counties
The commission by rule may establish procedures for testing and enforcing vehicle emissions standards by use of alternative testing methodology that meets or exceeds United...
SUBCHAPTER G CERTIFICATION OF INSPECTION STATION OR INSPECTOR
- Texas Section 548.3075 - Limited Emissions Inspections
(a) In this section, "limited emissions inspection" means an emissions inspection of a motor vehicle conducted only by using the onboard diagnostic system of the...
- Texas Section 548.401 - Certification Generally
A person may perform an inspection, issue a vehicle inspection report, or submit inspection information to the department's inspection database only if certified to do...
- Texas Section 548.402 - Application For Certification As Inspection Station
(a) To operate as an inspection station, a person must apply to the department for certification. The application must: (1) be filed with the department...
- Texas Section 548.403 - Approval And Certification As Inspection Station
(a) The department may approve an application for certification as an inspection station only if: (1) the location complies with department requirements; and (2) the...
- Texas Section 548.4035 - Entry Onto Premises
(a) A member, employee, or agent of the department may enter an inspection station during normal business hours to conduct an investigation, inspection, or audit...
- Texas Section 548.404 - Application For Certification As Inspector
An application for certification as an inspector shall: (1) be made on a form prescribed and provided by the department; and (2) state: (A) the...
- Texas Section 548.4045 - Bond Required For Certain Inspection Stations
(a) This section applies only to an inspection station that: (1) is located in a county in which the conservation commission has established a motor...
- Texas Section 548.405 - Denial, Revocation, Or Suspension Of Certificate
(a) The department may deny a person's application for a certificate, revoke or suspend the certificate of a person, inspection station, or inspector, place on...
- Texas Section 548.406 - Certificate Holder On Probation May Be Required To Report
The director may require the holder of a suspended certificate who is placed on probation to report regularly to the department on a matter that...
- Texas Section 548.407 - Hearing On Denial, Revocation, Or Suspension Of Certificate
(a) Before an application for certification as an inspection station or inspector is denied, the director or a person the director designates shall give the...
- Texas Section 548.408 - Judicial Review Of Administrative Action
(a) A person dissatisfied with the final decision of the director may appeal the decision by filing a petition as provided by Subchapter G, Chapter...
SUBCHAPTER H INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION FEES
- Texas Section 548.409 - Complaints
(a) The department shall adopt rules regarding the efficient handling and investigation of complaints by citizens, applicants, inspectors, and inspection stations against an employee or...
- Texas Section 548.501 - Inspection Fees Generally
(a) Except as provided by Sections 548.503 and 548.504, the fee for inspection of a motor vehicle other than a moped is $12.50. The fee...
- Texas Section 548.502 - Inspection By Political Subdivision Or State Agency
A political subdivision or state agency for which the department certifies an inspection station under Section 548.004: (1) shall pay to the state $5.50 for...
- Texas Section 548.503 - Initial Two-year Inspection Of Passenger Car Or Light Truck
(a) The fee for inspection of a passenger car or light truck under Section 548.102 shall be set by the department by rule on or...
- Texas Section 548.504 - Inspection Of Commercial Motor Vehicle
(a) The fee for inspection of a commercial motor vehicle under the program established under Section 548.201 is $50. (b) Out of each fee for...
- Texas Section 548.505 - Emissions-related Inspection Fee
(a) The department by rule may impose an inspection fee for a vehicle inspected under Section 548.301(a) in addition to the fee provided by Section...
- Texas Section 548.5055 - Texas Emission Reduction Plan Fee
(a) In addition to other fees required by this subchapter, to fund the Texas emissions reduction plan established under Chapter 386, Health and Safety Code,...
- Texas Section 548.506 - Fee For Certification As Inspector
An applicant for certification as an inspector must submit with the applicant's first application a fee of $25 for certification until August 31 of the...
- Texas Section 548.507 - Fee For Certification As Inspection Station
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), after an applicant for certification as an inspection station is notified that the application will be...
- Texas Section 548.508 - Disposition Of Fees
Except as provided by Sections 382.0622 and 382.202, Health and Safety Code, and Section 548.5055, each fee remitted to the comptroller under this subchapter shall...
SUBCHAPTER I VIOLATIONS AND OFFENSES
- Texas Section 548.509 - Collection Of Fee During Registration
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or a county assessor-collector that registers a motor vehicle that is subject to an inspection fee under this chapter...
- Texas Section 548.601 - Offense Generally
(a) A person, including an inspector or an inspection station, commits an offense if the person: (1) submits information to the department's inspection database or...
- Texas Section 548.6015 - Civil Penalties
(a) An inspection station that violates a provision of this chapter relating to an emissions inspection under Subchapter F is liable for a civil penalty...
- Texas Section 548.603 - Fictitious Or Counterfeit Inspection Certificate Or Insurance Document
Sec. 548.603. FICTITIOUS OR COUNTERFEIT INSPECTION CERTIFICATE OR INSURANCE DOCUMENT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) presents to an official of...
- Texas Section 548.6035 - Fraudulent Emissions Inspection Of Motor Vehicle
(a) A person commits an offense if, in connection with a required emissions inspection of a motor vehicle, the person knowingly: (1) submits information to...
- Texas Section 548.6036 - Actions Of Employee
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an inspection station is not subject to an administrative or civil penalty or criminal prosecution under this subchapter...
- Texas Section 548.604 - Penalty For Certain Violations
(a) A person commits an offense if the person operates or moves a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile home, or a combination...
- Texas Section 548.605 - Operating A Vehicle Without Complying With Inspection Requirements As Certified; Offense; Dismissal Of Charge
(a) In this section, "working day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a holiday on which county offices are closed. (b)...