SB1799 - Relating to revision or elimination of the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program.

      By: Middleton S.B. No. 1799               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to revision or elimination of the motor vehicle emissions   inspection and maintenance program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 382.2015 to read as follows:           Sec.   382.2015.     REVIEW OF PROGRAM.     (a) The commission   shall:                 (1)     identify the minimum program required by the   federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.) for the motor   vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program; and                 (2)     develop a state implementation plan revision   and   necessary rules to revise the motor vehicle emissions inspection   and maintenance program to include only the minimum program.           (b)     The commission shall submit the state implementation   plan revision and any rules to the United States Environmental   Protection Agency for approval.           (c)     A state implementation plan submitted to the United   States Environmental Protection Agency under this Section shall   require a motor vehicle emissions inspection only at the transfer   of a vehicle title.             (d)     If the United States Environmental Protection Agency   approves the plan, the commission shall:                 (1)  implement the revised program; and                 (2)     submit to the legislature a list of recommended   statutory changes to facilitate implementing the minimum program,   if any.           (e)     Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter or   Chapter 548, Transportation Code, the commission and   the Department   of Public Safety may implement a program developed and approved   under this section, and counties may participate   in implementing   the program.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 382.2025 to read as follows:           Sec.   382.2025.     ELIMINATION OF PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any   other law, the commission and the Department of Public Safety may   not implement or enforce any other provision of this subchapter or   a   requirement under Chapter 548, Transportation Code, related to   emissions inspections.            SECTION 3.  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this   section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.          (b)  Section 2 of this Act takes effect on the 30th day after   the date the United States Congress enacts legislation that becomes   law that repeals the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401   et seq.) or amends it in a way that the motor vehicle emissions   inspection and maintenance program established under Subchapter G,   Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, is no longer required. If the   United States Congress does not enact legislation that becomes law   described by this subsection, Section 2 of this Act has no effect.