85R5119 JXC-F
By: Israel H.B. No. 1713
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the modification or reprogramming of the exhaust
emission system of a diesel-powered motor vehicle to emit soot,
smoke, or other particulate matter; creating an offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 547.605(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The owner or operator of a motor vehicle or motor
vehicle engine, of a model year after 1967, that is equipped with an
exhaust emission system:
(1) shall maintain the system in good working
condition;
(2) shall use the system when the motor vehicle or
motor vehicle engine is operated; [and]
(3) may not remove the system or a part of the system
or intentionally make the system inoperable in this state, unless
the owner or operator removes the system or part to install another
system or part intended to be equally effective in reducing
atmospheric emissions; and
(4) if the motor vehicle is diesel-powered, may not
modify or reprogram the system or a part of the system in a manner
that the owner or operator knows or should know will increase the
motor vehicle's capacity to emit soot, smoke, or other particulate
matter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.