Sec. 548.501. INSPECTION FEES GENERALLY  


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  • (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 for inspection of a moped is $5.75. The fee for a verification form issued as required by Section 548.256 is $1.

    (b) An inspection station shall pay to the department $5.50 of each fee for an inspection. The department may require the station to make an advance payment of $5.50 for each inspection certificate provided to the station. If advance payment is made:

    (1) no further payment may be required on issuance of a certificate;

    (2) the inspection station may waive the fee due from the owner of an inspected vehicle who is issued a certificate to which the advance payment applies;

    (3) the department shall refund to the inspection station $5.50 for each unissued certificate that the station returns to the department in accordance with department rules; and

    (4) the conservation commission shall pay to the department $2 for each unissued certificate that the station returns to the department.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1189, Sec. 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.