85R12515 JXC-F     By: Pickett H.B. No. 2569       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a review 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 382.221 to read as follows:          Sec. 382.221.  REVIEW OF MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS INSPECTION   AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. (a)  The commission shall determine   whether the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.)   or a subsequent amendment requires this state to operate a motor   vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program in any part of   this state.          (b)  If the commission determines that the federal Clean Air   Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.) or a subsequent amendment does   not require this state to operate a motor vehicle emissions   inspection and maintenance program in any part of this state, the   commission shall develop a plan to end the emissions inspection and   maintenance program established under this chapter and Subchapter   F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code.          (c)  The plan must:                (1)  provide for the revision of this state's air   quality state implementation plan and any other state plans   mandated by the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et   seq.) or a subsequent amendment as necessary to account for the end   of the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program;   and                (2)  establish a proposed timeline for:                      (A)  submitting revised state plans to the United   States Environmental Protection Agency for approval; and                      (B)  ending the emissions inspection and   maintenance program.          (d)  The commission shall submit to the United States   Environmental Protection Agency a request that the agency approve   the plan described by Subsection (b).          (e)  If the United States Environmental Protection Agency   approves the plan described by Subsection (b):                (1)  the commission shall implement the plan and amend   or adopt rules necessary to implement the plan; and                (2)  on a date determined by the commission by rule, the   motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program   established under this chapter and Subchapter F, Chapter 548,   Transportation Code, is abolished.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.