37 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.37 - Acceptance of Out-of-State Commercial Vehicle Inspection Certificate
(a) Texas-registered commercial vehicles.
Acceptance of commercial vehicle inspection certificates issued outside of
Texas. A valid commercial vehicle inspection certificate issued in a
jurisdiction having an inspection program that has been certified by the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under the provisions of
Title 49, Code of Federal
Regulations, §
396.23(b)(1) as meeting the
requirements of §396.17 is acceptable on a Texas-registered commercial
vehicle.
(b) Out-of-state
registered commercial vehicles. Commercial vehicles required to be registered
in Texas will be required to be inspected at an official commercial vehicle
inspection station and obtain a vehicle identification certificate, Form
VI-30-A, before the registration process can be completed. Valid out-of-state
inspection certificates will not be honored on commercial vehicles required to
be registered.
(c) Exceptions of
inspections only by state-certified and supervised inspection stations.
Acceptance in this state of a certificate of inspection and approval issued in
compliance with 49 C.F.R. Part 396 to a motor bus, as defined by Transportation
Code, §
502.001, that is
registered in this state but is not domiciled in this state.
(d) Jurisdictions certified under the
provisions of Title 49, Code
of Federal Regulations, §
396.23(b)(1). The following
jurisdictions have been certified by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration as meeting the requirements of
Title 49, Code of Federal
Regulations, §
396.23(b)(1): Alabama (LPG
Board), California, Connecticut (Bus Inspection Program), District of Columbia,
Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (Bus Inspection Program),
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia,
Wisconsin (Bus Inspection Program), or any of the ten Canadian Provinces and
the Yukon Territory.
(e) The
department authorizes the acceptance in this state of a certificate of
inspection and approval issued by an inspector qualified under 49 C.F.R. Part
396 acting as an employee or authorized agent of the owner of a commercial
fleet as defined in Transportation Code, §
502.001. This
includes a motor vehicle or trailer that is part of the fleet and registered or
in the process of being registered in this state.
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