89R17422 JAM-D
By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 5033
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to elimination of the motor vehicle emissions inspection
and maintenance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.2025 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.2025. ELIMINATION OF PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any
other law, the commission and the Department of Public Safety may
not implement or enforce any other provision of this subchapter or a
requirement under Chapter 548, Transportation Code, related to
emissions inspections.
SECTION 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
(b) Section 1 of this Act takes effect on the 30th day after
the date:
(1) the United States Congress enacts legislation that
becomes law that repeals the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
Section 7401 et seq.) or amends it in a way that the motor vehicle
emissions inspection and maintenance program established under
Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, is no longer
required;
(2) of the issuance of a United States Supreme Court
judgment that recognizes the authority of the states to prohibit
vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance programs; or
(3) of the adoption of an amendment to the United
States Constitution giving states the authority to prohibit vehicle
emissions inspection and maintenance programs.
(c) If an action described by Subsection (b) of this section
does not occur, Section 1 of this Act has no effect.