By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 711

(In the Senate - Filed February 8, 2019; March 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; April 23, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 23, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 711 By: Hinojosa

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to allowing safety recall information to be included in a vehicle inspection report.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 382.202, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:

(d-1) The commission may adopt rules providing for the inclusion on a vehicle inspection report for a vehicle inspected in a county that is included in a vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program under Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, of notification regarding whether the vehicle is subject to a safety recall for which the vehicle has not been repaired or the repairs are incomplete. The commission may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source, including private and nonprofit organizations, for the purpose of providing the notification described by this subsection.

SECTION 2. Section 548.252, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) The department may adopt rules providing for the inclusion on a vehicle inspection report for a vehicle inspected under this chapter notification regarding whether the vehicle is subject to a safety recall for which the vehicle has not been repaired or the repairs are incomplete. The department may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any source, including private and nonprofit organizations, for the purpose of providing the notification described by this subsection.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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