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House Bill 2565 |
House Author: Madden |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Carona |
House Bill 2565 amends the Transportation Code to increase the membership of the motor vehicle inspection advisory committee from six to nine members and to modify its composition and manner of appointment. The bill requires the members of the Public Safety Commission, acting as a body rather than individually, to appoint seven of the nine members, and it requires the presiding officers of the Public Safety Commission and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) each to appoint one member of the committee who will alternate serving as the presiding officer. The bill modifies the committee's composition specifically to require that four of the commission's appointees represent inspection station owners and operators, with two of those appointees being from counties conducting vehicle emissions testing and two being from counties conducting safety only inspections. The bill also requires one appointee to represent independent vehicle equipment repair technicians. The bill expands the committee's advisory function to include advising and making recommendations relating to the vehicle inspection program to TCEQ as well as to the Department of Public Safety.