85R12179 JXC-D     By: Pickett H.B. No. 2568       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the application of the motor vehicle emissions   inspection and maintenance program to vehicles of certain model   years.          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 382.2031 to read as follows:          Sec. 382.2031.  REVIEW OF VEHICLE MODEL YEARS SUBJECT TO   PROGRAM. (a)  The commission shall determine whether the federal   Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.) or its subsequent   amendments require this state to apply the motor vehicle inspection   and maintenance program to all the vehicle model years subject to   the program under Section 382.203.          (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 apply the motor vehicle inspection and   maintenance program to all the vehicle model years subject to the   program under Section 382.203, the commission shall develop a plan   to apply the program only to vehicles from model years that the   commission determines are likely to fail an emissions-related   inspection at a rate of five percent or more.           (c)  The plan must 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 as necessary to account for   the proposed changes to the motor vehicle inspection and   maintenance program.          (d)  The commission shall submit to the United States   Environmental Protection Agency a request that the agency approve   the plan.          (e)  If the United States Environmental Protection Agency   approves the plan, the commission shall:                (1)  amend or adopt rules necessary to implement the   plan;                (2)  implement the plan; and                (3)  submit to the legislature a list of recommended   statutory changes to facilitate implementing the plan, if any.           (f)  Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter or   Chapter 548, Transportation Code, the commission and the Department   of Public Safety may implement a plan developed and approved under   this section.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.