Beginning January 1, 2025, Texas vehicle owners will no longer need to obtain a safety inspection prior to vehicle registration. House Bill 3297, passed during the 88th Legislature in 2023, eliminates the safety inspection program for non-commercial vehicles.
We’ll all be free, free, free of the oppression of the safety inspection process. However …
Under the new law, Texans will still pay an annual $7.50 fee to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles during registration — but now it has a new name: “Inspection Program Replacement Fee.”…