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| 1 | 1 | 86R2285 JXC-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Israel H.B. No. 1212 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the modification or reprogramming of the exhaust | |
| 8 | 8 | emission system of a diesel-powered motor vehicle to emit soot, | |
| 9 | 9 | smoke, or other particulate matter. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 547.605(c), Transportation Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (c) The owner or operator of a motor vehicle or motor | |
| 14 | 14 | vehicle engine, of a model year after 1967, that is equipped with an | |
| 15 | 15 | exhaust emission system: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) shall maintain the system in good working | |
| 17 | 17 | condition; | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) shall use the system when the motor vehicle or | |
| 19 | 19 | motor vehicle engine is operated; [and] | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) may not remove the system or a part of the system | |
| 21 | 21 | or intentionally make the system inoperable in this state, unless | |
| 22 | 22 | the owner or operator removes the system or part to install another | |
| 23 | 23 | system or part intended to be equally effective in reducing | |
| 24 | 24 | atmospheric emissions; and | |
| 25 | 25 | (4) if the motor vehicle is diesel-powered, may not | |
| 26 | 26 | modify or reprogram the system or a part of the system in a manner | |
| 27 | 27 | that the owner or operator knows or should know will increase the | |
| 28 | 28 | motor vehicle's capacity to emit soot, smoke, or other particulate | |
| 29 | 29 | matter. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |