Section 547.204 - Vehicle Equipment Testing: Federal Standards(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:(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;(2) review the manufacturer's laboratory test data and the qualifications of the laboratory; and(3) independently test the vehicle or item of vehicle equipment.(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.(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.Tex. Transp. Code § 547.204
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.