Bill Text: TX HB2305 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to motor vehicle inspections; creating an offense; changing the collection method for certain fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - See remarks for effective date [HB2305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2305-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to motor vehicle inspections; creating an offense; changing the collection method for certain fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - See remarks for effective date [HB2305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2305-Introduced.html
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By: Rodriguez of Travis | H.B. No. 2305 |
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relating to inspection of compressed natural gas containers on | ||
motor vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 548.051(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or | ||
mobile home, registered in this state, must have the following | ||
items inspected at an inspection station or by an inspector: | ||
(1) tires; | ||
(2) wheel assembly; | ||
(3) safety guards or flaps, if required by Section | ||
547.606; | ||
(4) brake system, including power brake unit; | ||
(5) steering system, including power steering; | ||
(6) lighting equipment; | ||
(7) horns and warning devices; | ||
(8) mirrors; | ||
(9) windshield wipers; | ||
(10) sunscreening devices, unless the vehicle is | ||
exempt from sunscreen device restrictions under Section 547.613; | ||
(11) front seat belts in vehicles on which seat belt | ||
anchorages were part of the manufacturer's original equipment; | ||
(12) tax decal, if required by Section 548.104(d)(1); | ||
(13) exhaust system; | ||
(14) exhaust emission system; | ||
(15) fuel tank cap, using pressurized testing | ||
equipment approved by department rule; [ |
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(16) emissions control equipment as designated by | ||
department rule; and | ||
(17) for a vehicle powered fully or partly by | ||
compressed natural gas, the compressed natural gas container, as | ||
provided by Section 548.104(f). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 548.104, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) Commission rules adopted for the inspection of a | ||
compressed natural gas container must prohibit the issuance of an | ||
inspection certificate if: | ||
(1) the container is unsafe due to damage or | ||
deterioration; or | ||
(2) the manufacturer's recommended service life for | ||
the container, as stated on the container label required by federal | ||
motor vehicle safety standards, has expired. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the Public | ||
Safety Commission shall adopt rules governing the inspection of | ||
compressed natural gas containers, as required by Sections | ||
548.051(a)(17) and 548.104(f), Transportation Code, as added by | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) The changes in law made by Section 548.051(a)(17) and | ||
548.104(f), Transportation Code, as added by this Act, apply only | ||
to a vehicle inspected on or after September 1, 2014. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2013. |