86R31939 JXC-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 892
(Israel)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 892: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exhaust emission systems of certain diesel-powered
motor vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 547.605, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) 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 a diesel-powered passenger
car or light truck, 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.
(f) A court shall:
(1) dismiss a charge for a first offense under
Subsection (c)(4) if the defendant:
(A) after the date of the citation and before the
defendant's first court appearance date, obtains all inspections
required to be conducted annually for the vehicle under Chapter
548; and
(B) submits to the court a passing vehicle
inspection report from those inspections for the vehicle; and
(2) assess an administrative fee not to exceed $20
when the charge has been remedied under Subdivision (1).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.