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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to elimination of the motor vehicle emissions inspection |
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and maintenance program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 382.2025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.2025. ELIMINATION OF PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any |
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other law, the commission and the Department of Public Safety may |
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not implement or enforce any other provision of this subchapter or a |
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requirement under Chapter 548, Transportation Code, related to |
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emissions inspections. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this |
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section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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(b) Section 1 of this Act takes effect on the 30th day after |
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the date: |
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(1) the United States Congress enacts legislation that |
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becomes law that repeals the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. |
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Section 7401 et seq.) or amends it in a way that the motor vehicle |
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emissions inspection and maintenance program established under |
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Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, is no longer |
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required; |
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(2) of the issuance of a United States Supreme Court |
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judgment that recognizes the authority of the states to prohibit |
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vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance programs; or |
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(3) of the adoption of an amendment to the United |
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States Constitution giving states the authority to prohibit vehicle |
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emissions inspection and maintenance programs. |
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(c) If an action described by Subsection (b) of this section |
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does not occur, Section 1 of this Act has no effect. |