83R10295 JRR-D
By: Flynn H.B. No. 3724
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the certification of inspectors and inspection stations
for the compulsory inspection of motor vehicles and the enforcement
of that program; authorizing fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 548.404, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 548.404. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION AS INSPECTOR.
(a) An application for certification as an inspector shall:
(1) be made on a form prescribed and provided by the
department; [and]
(2) state:
(A) the name of the applicant;
(B) the address of the applicant's residence and
place of employment;
(C) the applicant's driver's license number; and
(D) other information required by the
department; and
(3) include a complete and legible set of fingerprints
of the applicant provided in a manner prescribed by the department.
(b) The department may return an application as incomplete
if the applicant fails to provide the information described by
Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Section 548.506, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 548.506. FEE FOR CERTIFICATION AS INSPECTOR. An
applicant for certification as an inspector must submit with the
applicant's first application a fee in an amount set by the
department [of $25] for certification until August 31 of the
even-numbered year following the date of certification. To be
certified after August 31 of that year, the applicant must pay [$25
as] a certificate fee in an amount set by the department for each
subsequent two-year period.
SECTION 3. Section 548.507, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 548.507. FEE FOR CERTIFICATION AS INSPECTION STATION.
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), after an
applicant for certification as an inspection station is notified
that the application will be approved, the applicant must pay a fee
in an amount set by the department [of $100] for certification until
August 31 of the odd-numbered year after the date of
appointment. To be certified after August 31 of that year, the
applicant must pay a fee in an amount set by the department [of
$100] for certification for each subsequent two-year period.
(b) If an applicant for certification as an inspection
station has been convicted of a violation of this chapter relating
to an emissions inspection under Subchapter F, after notification
that the application will be approved, the applicant must pay a fee
of $500 for certification until August 31 of the odd-numbered year
after the date of appointment. To be certified after August 31 of
that year, the applicant must pay a fee in an amount set by the
department [of $100] for certification for each subsequent two-year
period.
(c) If an applicant for certification as an inspection
station has been convicted of two or more violations of this chapter
relating to an emissions inspection under Subchapter F, after
notification that the application will be approved, the applicant
must pay a fee of $1,500 for certification until August 31 of the
odd-numbered year after the date of appointment. To be certified
after August 31 of that year, the applicant must pay a fee in an
amount set by the department [of $100] for certification for each
subsequent two-year period.
SECTION 4. Subchapter H, Chapter 548, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 548.509 to read as follows:
Sec. 548.509. INSUFFICIENT PAYMENT. The department may
return an application as incomplete or revoke a certification
issued under Subchapter G if:
(1) payment for the applicable certification fee, as
described by this subchapter, is returned by the depository bank or
another bank for any reason considered to be the fault of the
drawer; and
(2) reasonable notice and opportunity to submit the
required fee has been provided to the applicant.
SECTION 5. Section 548.3065, Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 6. (a) An administrative proceeding under Section
548.3065, Transportation Code, commenced before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
proceeding commenced, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
(b) The changes in law made by Sections 548.404, 548.506,
and 548.507, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, in
connection with an application for certification as a vehicle
inspection station or a vehicle inspector apply only to an
application for certification that is filed on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.