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