Bill Text: TX HB2540 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting certain modifications to the exhaust emission system of a passenger car or light truck.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Transportation [HB2540 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2540-Introduced.html
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By: Anchia | H.B. No. 2540 |
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relating to prohibiting certain modifications to the exhaust | ||
emission system of a passenger car or light truck. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. 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 passenger car or light | ||
truck, may not modify the system or a part of the system in a manner | ||
that the owner or operator knows or should know will amplify or | ||
increase the noise emitted by the motor of the vehicle above that | ||
emitted by the muffler originally installed on the vehicle. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2023. |