Bill Text: TX HB2832 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the idling of motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-13 - Left pending in committee [HB2832 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2832-Introduced.html
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| By: Smith of Harris | H.B. No. 2832 | |
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| relating to the idling of motor vehicles. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0191 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 382.0191. IDLING OF MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) In this | ||
| section, "idling" means allowing an engine to run while the motor | ||
| vehicle is not engaged in forward or reverse motion. | ||
| (b) The commission may not prohibit or limit the idling of | ||
| any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than | ||
| 8,500 pounds that is equipped with a 2008 or subsequent model year | ||
| heavy-duty diesel engine that has been certified by the United | ||
| States Environmental Protection Agency or another state | ||
| environmental agency to emit not more than 30 grams of nitrogen | ||
| oxides emissions per hour when idling. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 622, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 622.955 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 622.955. MAXIMUM WEIGHT FOR VEHICLES WITH IDLE | ||
| REDUCTION SYSTEMS. (a) For purposes of this section, "idle | ||
| reduction system" means a system that provides heating, cooling, or | ||
| electrical service to a commercial vehicle's sleeper berth for the | ||
| purpose of reducing the idling of a motor vehicle. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a | ||
| vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with an idle reduction | ||
| system may exceed the maximum gross vehicle weight limit and axle | ||
| weight limit prescribed for the vehicle or combination of vehicles | ||
| by an amount necessary to compensate for the additional weight of | ||
| the idle reduction system. | ||
| (c) The weight allowance under Subsection (b) may not be | ||
| greater than 400 pounds. | ||
| (d) On request by an appropriate law enforcement officer or | ||
| an official of an appropriate regulatory agency, the vehicle | ||
| operator shall provide proof that: | ||
| (1) the idle reduction technology is fully functional | ||
| at all times; and | ||
| (2) the weight increase is not used for any purpose | ||
| other than the use of an idle reduction system. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
