Amend CSHB 715 (Senate committee printing) on third reading 
as follows:    
	(1)  Strike SECTION 2 in its entirety.                                         
	(2)  After SECTION 1, insert the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS:  
	SECTION __.  The heading to Section 548.3065, Transportation 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 548.3065.  ADMINISTRATIVE AND CIVIL PENALTIES
[PENALTY].
	SECTION __.  Section 548.3065, Transportation Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1), 
(e), and (f) to read as follows:
	(c)  For purposes of Subsection (a) [Except as otherwise 
provided by this section], the procedures for determining and 
administering an administrative penalty [under this section] 
against a person charged with violating this chapter are the same as 
those prescribed by Section 643.251 for determining and 
administering an administrative penalty against a motor carrier 
under that section.
	(c-1)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality may 
impose an administrative penalty on a person in the amount of $500 
for each violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted by the 
commission under this subchapter.
	(e)  An inspection station that violates a provision of this 
chapter or a rule of the department issued under this chapter is 
liable for a civil penalty of not less than $250 or more than $500 
for each violation.  The district or county attorney for the county 
in which the inspection station is located or the attorney general 
may bring suit in the name of this state to collect the penalty.
	(f)  An inspector who violates a provision of this chapter or 
a rule of the department issued under this chapter is liable for a 
civil penalty of not less than $250 or more than $500 for each 
violation.  The district or county attorney for the county in which 
the inspection station that employs the inspector is located or the 
attorney general may bring suit in the name of this state to collect 
the penalty.
	SECTION __.  Subchapter G, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 548.4045 to read as follows:
	Sec. 548.4045.  BOND REQUIRED.  (a)  An application for 
certification as an inspection station or an inspector must be 
accompanied by a surety bond in the amount of $500, payable to this 
state and conditioned on the future compliance with this chapter 
and rules adopted by the department or the Texas Commission on 
Environmental Quality under this chapter.
	(b)  The attorney general or the district or county attorney 
for the county in which the inspection station is located or in 
which the inspection station that employs the inspector is located 
may bring suit in the name of this state to recover on the bond.
	SECTION __.  Section 548.601, Transportation Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to 
read as follows:
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1) or as [Unless] 
otherwise specified in this chapter, an offense under this section 
is a Class C misdemeanor.
	(b-1)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1), (5), or (6) is a 
Class A misdemeanor.
	SECTION __.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act to 
Sections 548.3065 and 548.601, Transportation Code, applies only to 
a violation or an offense committed by a vehicle inspection station 
or a vehicle inspector on or after the effective date of this Act.  A 
violation or an offense committed by a vehicle inspection station 
or a vehicle inspector before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect when the violation or offense was 
committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act in connection with an 
application for certification as a vehicle inspection station or a 
vehicle inspector applies only to an application for certification 
that is filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  An 
application for certification as a vehicle inspection station or a 
vehicle inspector that is filed before the effective date of this 
Act is governed by the law in effect when the application was filed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 7.  SECTION 1 of this Act takes effect December 31, 
2010.  The remaining SECTIONS of this Act take effect September 1, 
2009.