Bill Text: TX HB2305 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to motor vehicle inspections; creating an offense; changing the collection method for certain fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - See remarks for effective date [HB2305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2305-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to motor vehicle inspections; creating an offense; changing the collection method for certain fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - See remarks for effective date [HB2305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2305-Comm_Sub.html
83R23380 JTS-F | |||
By: Rodriguez of Travis | H.B. No. 2305 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2305: | |||
By: Martinez | C.S.H.B. No. 2305 |
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relating to motor vehicle inspection requirements for vehicles | ||
equipped with compressed natural gas containers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 548.104(d), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) An inspection station or inspector may not issue an | ||
inspection certificate for a vehicle equipped with: | ||
(1) a carburetion device permitting the use of | ||
liquefied gas alone or interchangeably with another fuel, unless a | ||
valid liquefied gas tax decal issued by the comptroller is attached | ||
to the lower right-hand corner of the front windshield of the | ||
vehicle on the passenger side; [ |
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(2) a sunscreening device prohibited by Section | ||
547.613, except that the department by rule shall provide | ||
procedures for issuance of an inspection certificate for a vehicle | ||
exempt under Section 547.613(c); or | ||
(3) a compressed natural gas container unless the | ||
owner demonstrates in accordance with department rules proof: | ||
(A) that: | ||
(i) the container has met the inspection | ||
requirements under 49 C.F.R. Section 571.304; and | ||
(ii) the manufacturer's recommended service | ||
life for the container, as stated on the container label required by | ||
49 C.F.R. Section 571.304, has not expired; or | ||
(B) that the vehicle is a fleet vehicle for which | ||
the fleet operator employs a technician certified to inspect the | ||
container. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the | ||
Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules relating to the proof | ||
required by Section 548.104(d), Transportation Code, as amended by | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) The change in law made by Section 548.104(d), | ||
Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a | ||
vehicle inspected on or after September 1, 2014. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |