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H.B. No. 5033 AN ACT relating to the authority of this state to implement a 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 382.2025 to read as follows: Sec. 382.2025. IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission and the Department of Public Safety are not required to implement or enforce any other provision of this subchapter or a requirement under Chapter 548, Transportation Code, related to emissions inspections. SECTION 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. (b) Section 1 of this Act takes effect on the 30th day after the date: (1) the United States Congress enacts legislation that becomes law that repeals the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.) or amends it in a way that the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program established under Subchapter G, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, is no longer required; or (2) of the adoption of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving states the authority to prohibit vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance programs or to solely regulate vehicle emissions. (c) If an action described by Subsection (b) of this section does not occur, Section 1 of this Act has no effect. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 5033 was passed by the House on May 8, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 101, Nays 45, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 5033 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 106, Nays 23, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 5033 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 10. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor
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