Bill Text: TX SB711 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to allowing safety recall information to be included in a vehicle inspection report.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB711 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB711-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 711
(Leach)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to allowing safety recall information to be included in a
vehicle inspection report.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 382.202, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) The commission may adopt rules providing for the
inclusion on a vehicle inspection report for a vehicle inspected in
a county that is included in a vehicle emissions inspection and
maintenance program under Subchapter F, Chapter 548,
Transportation Code, of notification regarding whether the vehicle
is subject to a safety recall for which the vehicle has not been
repaired or the repairs are incomplete. The commission may accept
gifts, grants, and donations from any source, including private and
nonprofit organizations, for the purpose of providing the
notification described by this subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 548.252, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The department may adopt rules providing for the
inclusion on a vehicle inspection report for a vehicle inspected
under this chapter notification regarding whether the vehicle is
subject to a safety recall for which the vehicle has not been
repaired or the repairs are incomplete. The department may accept
gifts, grants, and donations from any source, including private and
nonprofit organizations, for the purpose of providing the
notification described by this subsection.
SECTION 3. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
and the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas are
required to implement a provision of this Act, as applicable, only
if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that
purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money
specifically for that purpose, the commission and the department
may, but are not required to, implement a provision of this Act, as
applicable, using other appropriations available for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.