Texas Transportation Code 726.002 – Testing and Inspection of Motor Vehicles
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 726.002
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
A municipality may adopt an ordinance:
(1) requiring each resident of the municipality, including a corporation having its principal office or place of business in the municipality, who owns a motor vehicle used for the transportation of persons or property and each person operating a motor vehicle on the public thoroughfares of the municipality to have each motor vehicle owned or operated, as appropriate, tested and inspected not more than four times in each calendar year;
(2) requiring each motor vehicle involved in a collision to be tested and inspected before it may be operated on the public thoroughfares of the municipality; or
(3) requiring that a motor vehicle operated on the public thoroughfares of the municipality be tested, inspected, and approved by the testing and inspecting authority.