| 1 | 1 | | By: Middleton S.B. No. 1799 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to revision or elimination of the motor vehicle emissions |
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| 9 | 9 | | inspection and maintenance program. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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| 12 | 12 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 382.2015 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 382.2015. REVIEW OF PROGRAM. (a) The commission |
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| 14 | 14 | | shall: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) identify the minimum program required by the |
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| 16 | 16 | | federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.) for the motor |
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| 17 | 17 | | vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) develop a state implementation plan revision and |
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| 19 | 19 | | necessary rules to revise the motor vehicle emissions inspection |
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| 20 | 20 | | and maintenance program to include only the minimum program. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) The commission shall submit the state implementation |
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| 22 | 22 | | plan revision and any rules to the United States Environmental |
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| 23 | 23 | | Protection Agency for approval. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) A state implementation plan submitted to the United |
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| 25 | 25 | | States Environmental Protection Agency under this Section shall |
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| 26 | 26 | | require a motor vehicle emissions inspection only at the transfer |
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| 27 | 27 | | of a vehicle title. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (d) If the United States Environmental Protection Agency |
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| 29 | 29 | | approves the plan, the commission shall: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) implement the revised program; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) submit to the legislature a list of recommended |
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| 32 | 32 | | statutory changes to facilitate implementing the minimum program, |
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| 33 | 33 | | if any. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (e) Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter or |
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| 35 | 35 | | Chapter 548, Transportation Code, the commission and the Department |
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| 36 | 36 | | of Public Safety may implement a program developed and approved |
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| 37 | 37 | | under this section, and counties may participate in implementing |
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| 38 | 38 | | the program. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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| 40 | 40 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 382.2025 to read as follows: |
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| 41 | 41 | | Sec. 382.2025. ELIMINATION OF PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any |
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| 42 | 42 | | other law, the commission and the Department of Public Safety may |
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| 43 | 43 | | not implement or enforce any other provision of this subchapter or a |
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| 44 | 44 | | requirement under Chapter 548, Transportation Code, related to |
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| 45 | 45 | | emissions inspections. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this |
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| 47 | 47 | | section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (b) Section 2 of this Act takes effect on the 30th day after |
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| 49 | 49 | | the date the United States Congress enacts legislation that becomes |
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| 50 | 50 | | law that repeals the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 |
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| 51 | 51 | | et seq.) or amends it in a way that the motor vehicle emissions |
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| 52 | 52 | | inspection and maintenance program established under Subchapter G, |
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| 53 | 53 | | Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, is no longer required. If the |
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| 54 | 54 | | United States Congress does not enact legislation that becomes law |
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| 55 | 55 | | described by this subsection, Section 2 of this Act has no effect. |
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