Bill Text: TX SB892 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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-Comm_Sub.html
86R31939 JXC-D | ||
By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 892 | |
(Israel) | ||
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 892: No. |
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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 547.605, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) 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. | ||
(f) A court shall: | ||
(1) dismiss a charge for a first offense under | ||
Subsection (c)(4) if the defendant: | ||
(A) after the date of the citation and before the | ||
defendant's first court appearance date, obtains all inspections | ||
required to be conducted annually for the vehicle under Chapter | ||
548; and | ||
(B) submits to the court a passing vehicle | ||
inspection report from those inspections for the vehicle; and | ||
(2) assess an administrative fee not to exceed $20 | ||
when the charge has been remedied under Subdivision (1). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |