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State inspection sticker to be a thing of the past in Texas

Come next March, Texas drivers will no longer be required to have an inspection sticker on their windshield.
A yearslong investigation by a Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department task force to help has found that nearly 240,000 vehicles are using illegal or invalid inspection stickers throughout its jurisdiction.

AUSTIN -- Come next March, Texas drivers will no longer be required to have an inspection sticker on their windshield.

But vehicles will still be required to get the once-over.

Department of Motor Vehicles Director Whitney Brewster told a Senate panel Monday that separate stickers will no longer be needed for the inspection and auto registration. A single sticker will be proof of both.

The Houston Chronicle reports an owner must complete the inspection - which includes state vehicle safety and emissions tests - within 90 days of when the registration expires.

Drivers will eventually have to show proof of a valid inspection to renew their vehicle registration.

Officials say Texas will save about $2 million with the change, primarily in oversight and sticker costs.

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