77R11647 JSA-D By Geren H.B. No. 2787 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2787: By Turner of Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 2787 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requiring students of institutions of higher education 1-3 to obtain a vehicle emissions inspection for certain vehicles and 1-4 to notifying certain students of state vehicle registration and 1-5 inspection requirements. 1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-7 SECTION 1. Section 51.207, Education Code, is amended to read 1-8 as follows: 1-9 Sec. 51.207. VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION INSIGNIA; VEHICLE 1-10 PERMITS. (a) Each public institution of higher education may 1-11 provide for the issuance and use of suitable vehicle identification 1-12 insignia. The institution may bar or suspend the permit of any 1-13 vehicle from driving or parking on any institutional property for 1-14 the violation of any rule or regulation promulgated by the board as 1-15 well as for any violation of this subchapter. Reinstatement of the 1-16 privileges may be permitted and a reasonable fee assessed. 1-17 (b) This subsection applies only to a public institution of 1-18 higher education campus that is located in whole or part in an area 1-19 in which a motor vehicle registered in the area is required to 1-20 undergo a vehicle emissions inspection under Subchapter F, Chapter 1-21 548, Transportation Code. The institution may not issue a permit 1-22 to a student of the institution for driving or parking a motor 1-23 vehicle that is not registered in this state on institutional 1-24 property unless the vehicle displays a current and appropriate 2-1 inspection certificate issued under Subchapter F, Chapter 548, 2-2 Transportation Code, indicating that the vehicle has passed the 2-3 required vehicle emissions inspection. An institution may provide 2-4 a reasonable grace period for a new or returning student or a 2-5 student who acquires a vehicle to comply with this subsection. 2-6 This subsection does not apply to a motor vehicle of a type that is 2-7 not covered by the vehicle emissions testing requirement applicable 2-8 to the area in which the institution campus is located. 2-9 (c) The Public Safety Commission shall adopt rules providing 2-10 for the inspection under Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation 2-11 Code, of motor vehicles not registered in this state for purposes 2-12 of Subsection (b). 2-13 (d) This subsection applies only to a public institution of 2-14 higher education campus that is not covered by Subsection (b). The 2-15 institution may not issue a permit to a student of the institution 2-16 for driving or parking a motor vehicle on institutional property 2-17 unless the institution provides written notice to the student that 2-18 failure to register the vehicle in this state or to display a 2-19 current and appropriate inspection certificate issued under Chapter 2-20 548, Transportation Code, may violate state law if the owner of the 2-21 vehicle resides in this state. 2-22 SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this 2-23 section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 2-24 (b) Section 51.207(b), Education Code, as added by this Act, 2-25 takes effect January 1, 2002. 2-26 (c) Sections 51.207(b) and (d), Education Code, as added by 2-27 this Act, do not affect the validity of a permit for driving or 3-1 parking a vehicle on property of an institution of higher education 3-2 issued by the institution before January 1, 2002.