Bill Text: TX SB399 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a diesel vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program and low-income vehicle repair assistance for diesel vehicles.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-02 - Referred to Natural Resources [SB399 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB399-Introduced.html

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82R4453 JXC-D
By: Carona S.B. No. 399

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a diesel vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance
program and low-income vehicle repair assistance for diesel
vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 382.203(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) In addition to a vehicle described by Subsection (a),
the program applies to:
(1) a vehicle with United States governmental plates
primarily operated in an affected county;
(2) a vehicle operated on a federal facility in an
affected county; [and]
(3) a vehicle primarily operated in an affected county
that is exempt from motor vehicle registration requirements or
eligible under Chapter 502, Transportation Code, to display an
"exempt" license plate; and
(4) a diesel vehicle that the commission determines
under Section 382.202(i) should be inspected to minimize emissions.
SECTION 2. Section 382.209(i), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding the vehicle replacement requirements
provided by Subsection (d)(2), the commission by rule may provide
monetary or other compensatory assistance under the low-income
vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle
retirement program, subject to the availability of funds, for the
replacement of a vehicle that meets the following criteria:
(1) the vehicle is gasoline-powered or diesel-powered
and is at least 10 years old;
(2) the vehicle owner meets applicable financial
eligibility criteria;
(3) the vehicle meets the requirements provided by
Subsections (e)(1) and (2); and
(4) the vehicle has passed a Department of Public
Safety motor vehicle safety inspection or safety and emissions
inspection within the 15-month period before the application is
submitted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.