BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2568 |
By: Pickett |
Environmental Regulation |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties note the need for a review relating to the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program to determine the minimum program necessary. C.S.H.B. 2568 seeks to provide for such review.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2568 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to identify the minimum program required by the federal Clean Air Act for the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program. The bill requires TCEQ, if TCEQ determines that implementing only the minimum program would not adversely affect air quality in Texas, to develop a state implementation plan revision and necessary rules to revise the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program to include only the minimum program. The bill requires TCEQ to submit the state implementation plan revision and any rules to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval. The bill requires TCEQ, if the EPA approves the plan, to implement the revised program and submit to the legislature a list of recommended statutory changes to facilitate implementing the minimum program, if any. The bill authorizes TCEQ and the Department of Public Safety to implement a program developed and approved under the bill's provisions and authorizes counties to participate in implementing the program.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2568 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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