H.B. No. 3014

	AN ACT
	relating to the motor vehicle safety inspection of electric
	vehicles.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 548.051, Transportation Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  A motor vehicle that uses electricity as its only source
	of motor power and that is not equipped with an internal combustion
	engine is exempt from the inspection requirements relating to the
	emissions and exhaust systems provided in Subsections
	(a)(12)-(15).
	SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the public safety director of the Department of Public
	Safety shall adopt or amend department rules as necessary to
	implement the provisions of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
	offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
	by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
	former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
	this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
	this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3014 was passed by the House on May 3,
	2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 3, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3014 was passed by the Senate on May
	19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor