Bill Text: TX SB1791 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a county air quality fee imposed at the time of an emissions-related inspection.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Left pending in committee [SB1791 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1791-Introduced.html
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By: Watson | S.B. No. 1791 |
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relating to a county air quality fee imposed at the time of an | ||
emissions-related inspection. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.221 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 382.221. COUNTY AIR QUALITY FEE. (a) An affected | ||
county that has incidents approaching, or monitors incidents that | ||
exceed, the eight-hour national ambient air quality standard for | ||
ozone may by order adopt a county air quality fee: | ||
(1) to be imposed at the time an emissions-related | ||
inspection is performed in the county; and | ||
(2) to be used by the county only for: | ||
(A) a low-income vehicle repair assistance, | ||
retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program under Section | ||
382.209; or | ||
(B) local initiative projects under Section | ||
382.220(b). | ||
(b) A county that adopts a fee under this section shall | ||
notify the Department of Public Safety, in a manner determined by | ||
the department, of the fee and the fee amount not later than the | ||
60th day before the date the county imposes the fee. | ||
(c) The amount of the fee may not exceed the amount of a fee | ||
assessed for an emissions-related inspection under Section | ||
548.505, Transportation Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 548.5056 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 548.5056. COUNTY AIR QUALITY FEE. (a) After receiving | ||
notice that a county has adopted a county air quality fee under | ||
Section 382.221, Health and Safety Code, the department shall: | ||
(1) notify inspection stations located in the county | ||
of the fee; and | ||
(2) require the inspection stations to: | ||
(A) charge the fee; and | ||
(B) remit the fee to the department. | ||
(b) The department shall remit to a county that imposes a | ||
fee under this section revenue the department receives from the | ||
inspection stations in the county under this section. | ||
(c) The department may not send revenue received from an | ||
inspection station under this section to the comptroller or credit | ||
to an account or fund in the state treasury revenue received from an | ||
inspection station under this section. | ||
(d) A fee imposed under this section is not a Clean Air Act | ||
fee. | ||
(e) The department may deduct for administrative costs an | ||
amount of not more than two percent of the fees collected under this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 548.508, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 548.508. DISPOSITION OF FEES. Except as provided by | ||
Sections 382.0622 and 382.202, Health and Safety Code, and Sections | ||
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department under this subchapter shall be deposited to the credit | ||
of the Texas mobility fund. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |