1-1     By:  Geren (Senate Sponsor - Brown)                   H.B. No. 2787
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 25, 2001;
 1-3     April 26, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Education; April 30, 2001, rereferred to Committee on Natural
 1-5     Resources; May 11, 2001, reported favorably, as amended, by the
 1-6     following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                By:  Brown
 1-8     Amend H.B. No. 2787 in the following manner:
 1-9     begining on page 1, line 45, strike everything beginning with the
1-10     word "of" and ending with the period on page 1, line 55, and insert
1-11     the following:
1-12     enrolled at the institution to park or drive a motor vehicle that
1-13     is not registered in this state on institutional property unless
1-14     the institution has provided written notice to the student
1-15     concerning requirements for vehicle emissions inspections pursuant
1-16     to Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code.
1-17     Add the following subsection (e) at the end of SECTION 1 on page 2,
1-18     line 5:
1-19     (e)  Each institution of higher education that maintains a campus
1-20     police force shall adopt procedures for enforcing State of Texas
1-21     vehicle inspection laws for vehicles parking or driving on the
1-22     campus of the institution.
1-23                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-24                                   AN ACT
1-25     relating to requiring students of institutions of higher education
1-26     to obtain a vehicle emissions inspection for certain vehicles and
1-27     to notifying certain students of state vehicle registration and
1-28     inspection requirements.
1-29           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-30           SECTION 1. Section 51.207, Education Code, is amended to read
1-31     as follows:
1-32           Sec. 51.207.  VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION INSIGNIA; VEHICLE
1-33     PERMITS. (a)  Each public institution of higher education may
1-34     provide for the issuance and use of suitable vehicle identification
1-35     insignia.  The institution may bar or suspend the permit of any
1-36     vehicle from driving or parking on any institutional property for
1-37     the violation of any rule or regulation promulgated by the board as
1-38     well as for any violation of this subchapter.  Reinstatement of the
1-39     privileges may be permitted and a reasonable fee assessed.
1-40           (b)  This subsection applies only to a public institution of
1-41     higher education campus that is located in whole or part in an area
1-42     in which a motor vehicle registered in the area is required to
1-43     undergo a vehicle emissions inspection under Subchapter F, Chapter
1-44     548, Transportation Code.  The institution may not issue a permit
1-45     to a student of the institution for driving or parking a motor
1-46     vehicle that is not registered in this state on institutional
1-47     property unless the vehicle displays a current and appropriate
1-48     inspection certificate issued under Subchapter F, Chapter 548,
1-49     Transportation Code, indicating that the vehicle has passed the
1-50     required vehicle emissions inspection.  An institution may provide
1-51     a reasonable grace period for a new or returning student or a
1-52     student who acquires a vehicle to comply with this subsection.
1-53     This subsection does not apply to a motor vehicle of a type that is
1-54     not covered by the vehicle emissions testing requirement applicable
1-55     to the area in which the institution campus is located.
1-56           (c)  The Public Safety Commission shall adopt rules providing
1-57     for the inspection under Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation
1-58     Code, of motor vehicles not registered in this state for purposes
1-59     of Subsection (b).
1-60           (d)  This subsection applies only to a public institution of
1-61     higher education campus that is not covered by Subsection (b).  The
1-62     institution may not issue a permit to a student of the institution
1-63     for driving or parking a motor vehicle on institutional property
 2-1     unless the institution provides written notice to the student that
 2-2     failure to register the vehicle in this state or to display a
 2-3     current and appropriate inspection certificate issued under Chapter
 2-4     548, Transportation Code, may violate state law if the owner of the
 2-5     vehicle resides in this state.
 2-6           SECTION 2. (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
 2-7     section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
 2-8           (b)  Section 51.207(b), Education Code, as added by this Act,
 2-9     takes effect January 1, 2002.
2-10           (c)  Sections 51.207(b) and (d), Education Code, as added by
2-11     this Act, do not affect the validity of a permit for driving or
2-12     parking a vehicle on property of an institution of higher education
2-13     issued by the institution before January 1, 2002.
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