81R3086 JD-D
 
  By: Hartnett H.B. No. 470
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the denial, suspension, or revocation of a motor
  vehicle inspection station certificate or an inspector
  certificate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 548.405(a) and (b), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The department:
               (1)  may deny a person's application for a certificate,
  revoke or suspend the certificate of a person, inspection station,
  or inspector, place on probation a person who holds a suspended
  certificate, or reprimand a person who holds a certificate if:
                     (A) [(1)]  the station or inspector conducts an
  inspection, fails to conduct an inspection, or issues a
  certificate:
                           (i) [(A)]  in violation of this chapter or a
  rule adopted under this chapter; or
                           (ii) [(B)]  without complying with the
  requirements of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter;
                     (B) [(2)]  the person, station, or inspector
  commits an offense under this chapter or violates this chapter or a
  rule adopted under this chapter;
                     (C) [(3)]  the applicant or certificate holder
  does not meet the standards for certification under this chapter or
  a rule adopted under this chapter;
                     (D) [(4)]  the station or inspector does not
  maintain the qualifications for certification or does not comply
  with a certification requirement under Subchapter G;
                     (E) [(5)]  the certificate holder or the
  certificate holder's agent, employee, or representative commits an
  act or omission that would cause denial, revocation, or suspension
  of a certificate to an individual applicant or certificate holder;
                     (F) [(6)]  the station or inspector does not pay a
  fee required by Subchapter H; or
                     (G) [(7)]  the inspector or owner of an inspection
  station is convicted of a:
                           (i) [(A)  felony or] Class A or Class B
  misdemeanor;
                           (ii) [(B)]  similar crime under the
  jurisdiction of another state or the federal government that is
  punishable to the same extent as a [felony or a] Class A or Class B
  misdemeanor in this state; or
                           (iii) [(C)]  crime under the jurisdiction of
  another state or the federal government that would be a [felony or
  a] Class A or Class B misdemeanor if the crime were committed in
  this state; and
               (2)  shall:
                     (A)  deny a person's application for an inspection
  station certificate or revoke an inspection station certificate if
  the applicant, the certificate holder, or the owner of the
  inspection station is convicted of a felony under the laws of this
  state, another state, or the United States; or
                     (B)  deny a person's application for an inspector
  certificate or revoke an inspector certificate if the applicant or
  certificate holder is convicted of a felony under the laws of this
  state, another state, or the United States.
         (b)  For purposes of Subsections (a)(1)(G) and (a)(2)
  [Subsection (a)(7)], a person is convicted of an offense if a court
  enters against the person an adjudication of the person's guilt,
  including an order of probation or deferred adjudication.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section
  548.405, Transportation Code, that relate to an applicant for an
  inspection station certificate or an inspector certificate, apply
  only to an applicant who files an application on or after the
  effective date of this Act. An applicant for an inspection station
  certificate or an inspector certificate who filed an application
  before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in
  effect on the date the application was filed and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.