Beginning January 1, drivers of non-commercial autos will not want a state inspection. But some drivers will nonetheless want an emissions take a look at.
AUSTIN, Texas — We’ve been reminding you for months that beginning on January 1, drivers of non-commercial autos in Texas received’t want their annual inspections to get their car registration. Now the Texas Department of Transportation has launched a public service announcement to be sure you know the way it works.
House Bill 3297 was handed within the 2023 legislative session and is now days away from going into impact.
Under the brand new regulation, drivers in Texas’ extra populated counties – together with some within the Houston space – will nonetheless have to go an emissions take a look at to get their autos registered.
Drivers may also have to pay a $7.50 inspection program substitute payment. That’ll be paid once you get your registration.
Here are the PSAs that the Texas DPS dropped on Friday in each English and Spanish.
English model
Spanish model
One factor to recollect — as a result of the present state regulation requires a car to go inspection earlier than registration renewal, any renewal try earlier than January 1 is not going to undergo till that date.
The emissions take a look at can be required for drivers of non-commercial autos in Harris, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Montgomery counties within the Houston space. Drivers within the Dallas-Fort Worth space in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall and Tarrant counties may also want emissions take a look at. And within the Austin space, drivers of non-commercial autos in Travis and Williamson counties will nonetheless have to go the take a look at. Same goes for drivers in El Paso County. For drivers in San Antonio, the emissions take a look at isn’t required when the brand new regulation goes into impact in 2025, however drivers in Bexar County will want them starting in 2026.
Your questions
When we initially posted this story in August, we heard from a lot of you who had questions in regards to the new regulation. One of the questions was in the event you’re nonetheless required to get an emissions take a look at, will you continue to have to pay the extra $7.50 that can be added to your registration?
Reporter Troy Kless bought the reply to that query and different questions you had.
