{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.204","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 547.204","heading":"VEHICLE EQUIPMENT TESTING: FEDERAL STANDARDS.","body":"(a) For a vehicle or item of vehicle equipment subject to a motor vehicle safety standard of the United States, the department may, on or after the first sale of the vehicle or item of vehicle equipment:\n(1) require the manufacturer to submit adequate test data to show that the vehicle or item of vehicle equipment complies with standards of the United States;\n(2) review the manufacturer's laboratory test data and the qualifications of the laboratory; and\n(3) independently test the vehicle or item of vehicle equipment.\n(b) The department may not require certification or approval of an item of vehicle equipment subject to a motor vehicle safety standard of the United States.\n(c) The department may not require a manufacturer of a vehicle or of an item of vehicle equipment subject to a motor vehicle safety standard of the United States to use an outside laboratory or a specified laboratory.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 547. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT","SUBCHAPTER C. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE OFFER, DISTRIBUTION, AND SALE OF VEHICLE EQUIPMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.547.htm#547.204","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"c0d8f1a84e123a9e871f6e71a1396bd070fb9887662136a40f3e014aba926774","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}