By Horn                                               H.B. No. 2526
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to fees collected and deposited into the clean air fund,
    1-3  and the creation of the salvage and repair fund.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 382.0622, Health and Safety Code, is
    1-6  amended by amending Subsection (a) to read as follows:
    1-7        (a)  Clean Air Act fees consist of:
    1-8              (1)  fees collected by the board under Sections
    1-9  382.062, 382.0621<, and 382.037 and as otherwise provided by law;
   1-10  and>
   1-11              <(2)  $2 of each advance payment collected by the
   1-12  Department of Public Safety for inspection certificates for
   1-13  vehicles other than mopeds under Section 141(c), Uniform Act
   1-14  Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil
   1-15  Statutes).>
   1-16        SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 328, Health and Safety Code
   1-17  is amended by adding Subsection 382.0623 to read as follows:
   1-18        Sec. 382.0623.  VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FEES.  (a)  Vehicle
   1-19  maintenance fees consist of:
   1-20              (1)  fees collected by the board under Section 382.037
   1-21  and as otherwise provided by law; and
   1-22              (2)  $2 of each advance payment collected by the
   1-23  Department of Public Safety for inspection certificates for
    2-1  vehicles other than mopeds under Section 141(c), Uniform Act
    2-2  Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil
    2-3  Statutes).
    2-4        (b)  Vehicle maintenance fees shall be deposited in the state
    2-5  treasury to the credit of the repair and salvage fund and shall be
    2-6  used for the salvage and repair of vehicles identified through the
    2-7  vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program under Section
    2-8  142, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d,
    2-9  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
   2-10        (c)  The board shall request the appropriation of sufficient
   2-11  money to salvage and repair vehicles, including payments to the
   2-12  Public Safety Commission for incidental costs of administering the
   2-13  vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program, except that
   2-14  after the date of delegation of the state's permitting program
   2-15  under Title V of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.  Sections
   2-16  7661 et seq.), fees collected under Section 382.0621(a) may be
   2-17  appropriated only to cover costs of developing and administering a
   2-18  program to salvage and repair vehicles under Section 142, Uniform
   2-19  Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas
   2-20  Civil Statutes).
   2-21        SECTION 3.  Chapter 564, Section 2.01, Acts 1993, 73rd
   2-22  legislature is amended by adding Subsection (15) to read as
   2-23  follows:
   2-24              (15)  salvage and repair fund authorized under Section
   2-25  382.0623, Health and Safety Code.
    3-1        SECTION 4.  Chapter 685, Section 23.01, Acts 1993, 73rd
    3-2  legislature is amended by adding Subsection (15) to read as
    3-3  follows:
    3-4              (15)  salvage and repair fund authorized under Section
    3-5  382.0623, Health and Safety Code.
    3-6        SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
    3-7        SECTION 6.  The importance of this legislation and the
    3-8  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    3-9  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   3-10  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   3-11  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.