H.B. No. 715
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to motor vehicle inspection stations that perform
  emissions inspections using only the onboard diagnostic system of
  inspected vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 548.3075 to read as follows:
         Sec. 548.3075.  LIMITED EMISSIONS INSPECTIONS. (a)  In this
  section, "limited emissions inspection" means an emissions
  inspection of a motor vehicle conducted only by using the onboard
  diagnostic system of the vehicle.
         (b)  A department rule that allows a qualified inspection
  station to perform a limited emissions inspection of a motor
  vehicle may not restrict the station to fewer than 150 inspections
  per month.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect December 31, 2010.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 715 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 715 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 715 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144,
  Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 715 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 25, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays
  4; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
  715 on June 1, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor