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AN ACT
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relating to motor vehicle inspection stations that perform |
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emissions inspections using only the onboard diagnostic system of |
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inspected vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 548.3075 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 548.3075. LIMITED EMISSIONS INSPECTIONS. (a) In this |
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section, "limited emissions inspection" means an emissions |
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inspection of a motor vehicle conducted only by using the onboard |
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diagnostic system of the vehicle. |
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(b) A department rule that allows a qualified inspection |
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station to perform a limited emissions inspection of a motor |
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vehicle may not restrict the station to fewer than 150 inspections |
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per month. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 31, 2010. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 715 was passed by the House on April |
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28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 715 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 715 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, |
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Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 715 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays |
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4; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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715 on June 1, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |