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House Bill 2305 Single Sticker
Law Enforcement Guide
Related to the Registration Based
Enforcement of Vehicle Inspections
Law enforcement announcement
Background
HB 2305 passed by the 83rd Texas Legislature requires the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) to implement a single certificate system to replace the
current two certificate system to indicate that a vehicle has both passed the compulsory vehicle inspec-
tion and been registered. HB-2305 establishes a registration-based system for enforcement of motor
vehicle inspection requirements.
Effective March 1, 2015, before a vehicle may be registered or its registration renewed, TxDMV or a
county assessor-collector must verify that the vehicle has passed the required inspection, as indicated
in the DPS inspection database. If the database information is not available, the vehicle owner may pre-
sent a passing Vehicle Inspection Report (VIR) issued for the vehicle, in order to complete the registra-
tion process. The VIR is not required to be carried for potential display to a peace officer except as noted
for commercial vehicles.
Key Elements of HB 2305
Beginning March 1, 2015, stations will no longer issue inspection certificates for a passing inspection.
All inspections pass or fail -- will require the issuance a Vehicle Inspection Report (VIR), which will be
presented to the motorist by the inspection station.
Through the last business day of February 2015, passing inspections will result in an inspection certifi-
cate issued to the vehicle.
The price charged by the station for inspections will change as the station will no longer collect the state
portion of the fee. There will be no changes to the actual inspection process for any of the classes of
vehicles currently requiring an inspection.
The VI-30 VIN Verification Form will no longer be issued beginning March 1, 2015, for vehicles previ-
ously registered in another state. VIN verification will continue to be part of the inspection process.
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