Texas Transportation Code 548.402 – Application for Certification as Inspection Station
(a) To operate as an inspection station, a person must apply to the department for certification. The application must:
(1) be filed with the department on a form prescribed and provided by the department; and
(2) state:
(A) the name of the applicant;
(B) if the applicant is an association, the names and addresses of the persons constituting the association;
(C) if the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of its principal officers;
(D) the name under which the applicant transacts or intends to transact business;
(E) the location of the applicant’s place of business in the state; and
(F) other information required by the department, including information required by the department for identification.
(b) The application must be signed and sworn or affirmed by:
(1) if the applicant is an individual, the owner; or
(2) if the applicant is a corporation, an executive officer or person specifically authorized by the corporation to sign the application, to which shall be attached written evidence of the person’s authority.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 548.402
- Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- sworn: includes affirm or affirmed. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) An applicant who has or intends to have more than one place of business in this state must file a separate application for each place of business.