By: Harris of Williamson H.B. No. 3014 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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 item numbers (12) through (15) of subsection (a). SECTION 3. 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 necessary to implement the provisions of this Act. SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.