Bill Text: TX SB892 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the exhaust emission systems of certain diesel-powered motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-22 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [SB892 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB892-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the exhaust emission systems of certain diesel-powered motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-22 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [SB892 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB892-Engrossed.html
| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 892 | |
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| relating to the exhaust emission systems of certain diesel-powered | ||
| motor vehicles. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 382.203(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The inspection and maintenance program applies to any | ||
| diesel-powered passenger car or light truck or any gasoline-powered | ||
| vehicle that is: | ||
| (1) required to be registered in and is primarily | ||
| operated in an affected county; and | ||
| (2) at least two and less than 25 years old; or | ||
| (3) subject to test-on-resale requirements under | ||
| Section 548.3011, Transportation Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 a diesel-powered passenger | ||
| car or light truck, 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
