83R23380 JTS-F
 
  By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 2305
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to motor vehicle inspection requirements for vehicles
  equipped with compressed natural gas containers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 548.104(d), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  An inspection station or inspector may not issue an
  inspection certificate for a vehicle equipped with:
               (1)  a carburetion device permitting the use of
  liquefied gas alone or interchangeably with another fuel, unless a
  valid liquefied gas tax decal issued by the comptroller is attached
  to the lower right-hand corner of the front windshield of the
  vehicle on the passenger side; [or]
               (2)  a sunscreening device prohibited by Section
  547.613, except that the department by rule shall provide
  procedures for issuance of an inspection certificate for a vehicle
  exempt under Section 547.613(c); or
               (3)  a compressed natural gas container unless the
  owner demonstrates in accordance with department rules proof:
                     (A)  that:
                           (i)  the container has met the inspection
  requirements under 49 C.F.R. Section 571.304; and
                           (ii)  the manufacturer's recommended service
  life for the container, as stated on the container label required by
  49 C.F.R. Section 571.304, has not expired; or
                     (B)  that the vehicle is a fleet vehicle for which
  the fleet operator employs a technician certified to inspect the
  container.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than January 1, 2014, the
  Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules relating to the proof
  required by Section 548.104(d), Transportation Code, as amended by
  this Act.
         (b)  The change in law made by Section 548.104(d),
  Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a
  vehicle inspected on or after September 1, 2014.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.