H.B. No. 715
AN ACT
relating to motor vehicle inspection stations that perform
emissions inspections using only the onboard diagnostic system of
inspected vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 548.3075 to read as follows:
Sec. 548.3075. LIMITED EMISSIONS INSPECTIONS. (a) In this
section, "limited emissions inspection" means an emissions
inspection of a motor vehicle conducted only by using the onboard
diagnostic system of the vehicle.
(b) A department rule that allows a qualified inspection
station to perform a limited emissions inspection of a motor
vehicle may not restrict the station to fewer than 150 inspections
per month.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 31, 2010.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 715 was passed by the House on April
28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 715 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 715 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 715 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays
4; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
715 on June 1, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor