So, I found out about 2 years ago while trying to get an inspection that this is not the case. I mean you can get away with it for sure but apparently there is an obscure rule that even the people at the state office didn't know about till they researched it for about an hour. It basically says if you operate your vehicle for more than 60 days a year in an emissions county that you have to get your vehicle inspected in an emissions county.
The reason I found this out is that a local chain lube shop refused to look at my ex-wife's van because they saw my Fire Department sticker on the windshield for Garland. Even after I explained that it's my wife's van not mine, and she doesn't work in Garland they still refused to inspect it. That's when I called the state registration people because I had never heard of this rule. They called me back an hour later after digging around in whatever they looked at and said yeah it's a rule but apparently rarely enforced. Their suggestion was to go down the street to another shop