1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to notifying students of institutions of higher education
1-3 of emissions inspection requirements for certain vehicles and
1-4 enforcement of vehicle inspection laws by those institutions.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 51.207, Education Code, is amended to read
1-7 as follows:
1-8 Sec. 51.207. VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION INSIGNIA; VEHICLE
1-9 PERMITS. (a) Each public institution of higher education may
1-10 provide for the issuance and use of suitable vehicle identification
1-11 insignia. The institution may bar or suspend the permit of any
1-12 vehicle from driving or parking on any institutional property for
1-13 the violation of any rule or regulation promulgated by the board as
1-14 well as for any violation of this subchapter. Reinstatement of the
1-15 privileges may be permitted and a reasonable fee assessed.
1-16 (b) This subsection applies only to a public institution of
1-17 higher education campus that is located in whole or part in an area
1-18 in which a motor vehicle registered in the area is required to
1-19 undergo a vehicle emissions inspection under Subchapter F, Chapter
1-20 548, Transportation Code. The institution may not issue a permit
1-21 to a student enrolled at the institution to park or drive a motor
1-22 vehicle that is not registered in this state on institutional
1-23 property unless the institution has provided written notice to the
1-24 student concerning requirements for vehicle emissions inspections
2-1 pursuant to Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code.
2-2 (c) The Public Safety Commission shall adopt rules providing
2-3 for the inspection under Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation
2-4 Code, of motor vehicles not registered in this state for purposes
2-5 of Subsection (b).
2-6 (d) This subsection applies only to a public institution of
2-7 higher education campus that is not covered by Subsection (b). The
2-8 institution may not issue a permit to a student of the institution
2-9 for driving or parking a motor vehicle on institutional property
2-10 unless the institution provides written notice to the student that
2-11 failure to register the vehicle in this state or to display a
2-12 current and appropriate inspection certificate issued under Chapter
2-13 548, Transportation Code, may violate state law if the owner of the
2-14 vehicle resides in this state.
2-15 (e) Each institution of higher education that maintains a
2-16 campus police force shall adopt procedures for enforcing State of
2-17 Texas vehicle inspection laws for vehicles parking or driving on
2-18 the campus of the institution.
2-19 SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
2-20 section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-21 (b) Section 51.207(b), Education Code, as added by this Act,
2-22 takes effect January 1, 2002.
2-23 (c) Sections 51.207(b) and (d), Education Code, as added by
2-24 this Act, do not affect the validity of a permit for driving or
2-25 parking a vehicle on property of an institution of higher education
2-26 issued by the institution before January 1, 2002.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2787 was passed by the House on April
24, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2787 on May 25, 2001, by a non-record
vote.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2787 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
0, 1 present, not voting.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor