| 1 | 1 | | 89R4885 JRR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Gámez H.B. No. 2165 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to required motor vehicle emissions inspections in certain |
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| 10 | 10 | | border counties. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 382.202(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c) If the program is established under this section, the |
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| 15 | 15 | | commission: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) shall adopt vehicle emissions inspection and |
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| 17 | 17 | | maintenance requirements for certain areas as required by federal |
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| 18 | 18 | | law or regulation; [and] |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) shall adopt vehicle emissions inspection and |
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| 20 | 20 | | maintenance requirements for counties not subject to a specific |
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| 21 | 21 | | federal requirement in response to a formal request by resolutions |
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| 22 | 22 | | adopted by the county and the most populous municipality within the |
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| 23 | 23 | | county according to the most recent federal decennial census; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) shall adopt vehicle emissions inspection and |
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| 25 | 25 | | maintenance requirements for counties not described by Subdivision |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) or (2) that: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (A) border the United Mexican States; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (B) contain an overweight corridor, as defined by |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 548.301, Transportation Code. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Section 548.301, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 31 | 31 | | by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a-1) The commission by rule shall establish a motor vehicle |
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| 33 | 33 | | emissions inspection and maintenance program for vehicles located |
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| 34 | 34 | | in a county that: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) borders the United Mexican States; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) contains an overweight corridor. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a-2) For purposes of Subsection (a-1), "overweight |
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| 38 | 38 | | corridor" means a designated section of a state highway for which an |
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| 39 | 39 | | optional procedure is authorized under Chapter 623 for the issuance |
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| 40 | 40 | | of permits: |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) by entities other than the department or the Texas |
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| 42 | 42 | | Department of Motor Vehicles; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) for the movement of oversize or overweight |
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| 44 | 44 | | vehicles. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 46 | 46 | | of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the |
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| 47 | 47 | | Public Safety Commission shall adopt the requirements and rules |
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| 48 | 48 | | necessary to implement Section 382.202, Health and Safety Code, and |
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| 49 | 49 | | Section 548.301, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 51 | 51 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 52 | 52 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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