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Amend SB 1001 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION. ___. Section 548.101, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 548.101.  GENERAL ONE-YEAR INSPECTION PERIOD.  Except as provided by Sections [Section] 548.102 and 548.1025, the department shall require an annual inspection.  The department shall set the periods of inspection and may make rules with respect to those periods.  The rules must provide that:
(1)  a vehicle owner may obtain an inspection not earlier than 90 days before the date of expiration of the vehicle's registration; and
(2)  a used motor vehicle sold by a dealer, as defined by Section 503.001, must be inspected in the 180 days preceding the date the dealer sells the vehicle.
SECTION. ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 548.1025 to read as follows:
Sec. 548.1025.  FIVE-YEAR INSPECTION PERIOD FOR TOWABLE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. The inspection period for a towable recreational vehicle is five years.