Tex. Transportation Code § 726.003: MOTOR VEHICLE TESTING STATIONS; TESTING AND INSPECTION FEE.

(a) A municipality may acquire, establish, improve, operate, and maintain motor vehicle testing stations and pay for the stations from fees charged for testing and inspecting motor vehicles.

(b) A municipality may impose a fee for the testing and inspecting of a motor vehicle. The fee may not exceed $1 a year. Fees collected under this subsection shall be placed in a separate fund from which may be paid the costs in connection with automotive and safety education programs and the acquisition, establishment, improvement, operation, and maintenance of the testing stations.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.