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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to revision or elimination of the motor vehicle emissions |
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inspection 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 382.2015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.2015. REVIEW OF PROGRAM. (a) The commission |
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shall: |
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(1) identify the minimum program required by the |
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federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.) for the motor |
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vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program; and |
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(2) develop a state implementation plan revision and |
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necessary rules to revise the motor vehicle emissions inspection |
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and maintenance program to include only the minimum program. |
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(b) The commission shall submit the state implementation |
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plan revision and any rules to the United States Environmental |
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Protection Agency for approval. |
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(c) A state implementation plan submitted to the United |
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States Environmental Protection Agency under this Section shall |
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require a motor vehicle emissions inspection only at the transfer |
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of a vehicle title. |
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(d) If the United States Environmental Protection Agency |
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approves the plan, the commission shall: |
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(1) implement the revised program; and |
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(2) submit to the legislature a list of recommended |
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statutory changes to facilitate implementing the minimum program, |
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if any. |
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(e) Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter or |
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Chapter 548, Transportation Code, the commission and the Department |
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of Public Safety may implement a program developed and approved |
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under this section, and counties may participate in implementing |
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the program. |
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SECTION 2. 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 3. (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 2 of this Act takes effect on the 30th day after |
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the date the United States Congress enacts legislation that becomes |
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law that repeals the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 |
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et seq.) or amends it in a way that the motor vehicle emissions |
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inspection and maintenance program established under Subchapter G, |
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Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, is no longer required. If the |
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United States Congress does not enact legislation that becomes law |
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described by this subsection, Section 2 of this Act has no effect. |