| 1 | 1 | | 84R12050 SLB-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 3050 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the modification of a motor vehicle to emit soot, smoke, |
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| 8 | 8 | | or other particulate matter; creating an offense; imposing an |
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| 9 | 9 | | administrative penalty. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, |
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| 12 | 12 | | is amended by adding Section 548.305 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 548.305. MODIFICATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE TO EMIT SOOT, |
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| 14 | 14 | | SMOKE, OR OTHER PARTICULATE MATTER. (a) The registered owner of a |
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| 15 | 15 | | diesel-powered motor vehicle commits an offense if the owner |
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| 16 | 16 | | modifies or causes to have modified the motor vehicle in a manner |
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| 17 | 17 | | that the owner knows or should know will increase the motor |
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| 18 | 18 | | vehicle's capacity to emit soot, smoke, or other particulate |
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| 19 | 19 | | matter. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The operator of a diesel-powered motor vehicle commits |
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| 21 | 21 | | an offense if the operator intentionally or knowingly uses a |
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| 22 | 22 | | modification described by Subsection (a) to release a significant |
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| 23 | 23 | | quantity of soot, smoke, or other particulate matter while |
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| 24 | 24 | | operating the vehicle on a public street, road, or highway. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 548.3065(c-1), Transportation Code, is |
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| 27 | 27 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c-1) The conservation commission may impose an |
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| 29 | 29 | | administrative penalty on a person: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in the amount of not more than $500 for each |
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| 31 | 31 | | violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted by the conservation |
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| 32 | 32 | | commission under this subchapter; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) in the amount of not more than $2,500 for a |
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| 34 | 34 | | violation of Section 548.305. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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