🚘 News for Texas Drivers! 🚘 The Texas House Bill 3297 aimed to eliminate mandatory vehicle inspections for noncommercial vehicles, passed in the Senate. The bill will say goodbye to annual inspections and replacement fees!
was passed in the Senate and is headed to the Governor's Desk. The bill would eliminate regular mandatory vehicle safety inspections for noncommercial vehicles and the imposition of replacement fees.Most states have got rid of their mandatory vehicle inspection programs since the federal government ended the program requirement in 1976. Texas, however, is one of the 11 states that still require annual vehicle safety inspections.
According to the bill, the impact of the mandatory vehicle safety inspection program on road safety is not strong enough to justify the program's existence.Under the bill, a person applying for initial registration or renewal of registration of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile home to pay an annual fee of $7.50 due at the time of registration, which is in addition to any other fees imposed at the time of registration.
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