Bill Text: TX HB1713 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the modification or reprogramming of the exhaust emission system of a diesel-powered motor vehicle to emit soot, smoke, or other particulate matter; creating an offense.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-06 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB1713 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1713-Introduced.html
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| By: Israel | H.B. No. 1713 | |
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| relating to the modification or reprogramming of the exhaust | ||
| emission system of a diesel-powered motor vehicle to emit soot, | ||
| smoke, or other particulate matter; creating an offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 547.605(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The owner or operator of a motor vehicle or motor | ||
| vehicle engine, of a model year after 1967, that is equipped with an | ||
| exhaust emission system: | ||
| (1) shall maintain the system in good working | ||
| condition; | ||
| (2) shall use the system when the motor vehicle or | ||
| motor vehicle engine is operated; [ |
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| (3) may not remove the system or a part of the system | ||
| or intentionally make the system inoperable in this state, unless | ||
| the owner or operator removes the system or part to install another | ||
| system or part intended to be equally effective in reducing | ||
| atmospheric emissions; and | ||
| (4) if the motor vehicle is diesel-powered, may not | ||
| modify or reprogram the system or a part of the system in a manner | ||
| that the owner or operator knows or should know will increase the | ||
| motor vehicle's capacity to emit soot, smoke, or other particulate | ||
| matter. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
