By Whitmire S.B. No. 178 74R3472 MI-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to delay of the vehicle emissions inspection and 1-3 maintenance program. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 382.037, Health and Safety Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows: 1-7 (o) Notwithstanding any state agency rule or resolution to 1-8 the contrary, the vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance 1-9 program provided for by this section may not begin operation until 1-10 January 2, 1997. This subsection also applies to implementation of 1-11 that program by the Texas Department of Transportation under this 1-12 section or under Section 2, Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the 1-13 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-2, 1-14 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or Section 3, Chapter 88, General 1-15 Laws, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 1-16 (Article 6675a-3, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or by the Public 1-17 Safety Commission under Section 142, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic 1-18 on Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). 1-19 SECTION 2. The Texas Natural Resource Conservation 1-20 Commission, the Texas Department of Transportation, and the Public 1-21 Safety Commission shall immediately suspend the operation of any 1-22 vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program begun under 1-23 Section 382.037, Health and Safety Code, and implemented under that 1-24 section, under Section 2, Chapter 88, General Laws, Acts of the 2-1 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article 6675a-2, 2-2 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or Section 3, Chapter 88, General 2-3 Laws, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 2-4 (Article 6675a-3, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or under Section 2-5 142, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d, 2-6 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), before the effective date of this 2-7 Act. 2-8 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-13 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-14 passage, and it is so enacted.