| (a) The following fees must be paid for an emissions
inspection of a vehicle at an inspection station in an affected early
action compact program county. This fee must include one free retest
if the vehicle fails the emissions inspection, provided that the motorist
has the retest performed at the same station where the vehicle originally
failed; the motorist submits, prior to the retest, a properly completed
vehicle repair form showing that emissions-related repairs were performed;
and the retest is conducted within 15 days of the initial emissions
test. In Travis and Williamson Counties beginning September 1, 2005
and ending on the day before the single sticker transition date as
defined in §114.1 of this title (relating to Definitions), any
emissions inspection station required to conduct an emissions test
in accordance with §114.80 of this title (relating to Applicability)
must collect a fee not to exceed $16 and remit $4.50 to the Texas
Department of Public Safety (DPS) for each on-board diagnostic and
two-speed idle test. In Travis and Williamson Counties beginning on
the single sticker transition date, any emissions inspection station
required to conduct an emissions test in accordance with §114.80
of this title must collect a fee not to exceed $11.50 for each on-board
diagnostic and two-speed idle test.
(b) The per-vehicle fee and the amount the inspection
station remits to the DPS for a challenge test at an inspection station
designated by the DPS must be the same as the amounts specified in
subsection (a) of this section. The challenge fee must not be charged
if the vehicle is retested within 15 days of the initial test.
(c) Inspection stations performing out-of-cycle vehicle
emissions inspections resulting from written notification that the
subject vehicle failed on-road testing (remote sensing) must charge
a motorist for an out-of-cycle emissions inspection in the amount
specified in subsection (a) of this section. If the vehicle passes
the vehicle emissions inspection, the vehicle owner may request reimbursement
from the DPS.
(d) Beginning on the single sticker transition date
as defined in §114.1 of this title in Travis and Williamson Counties,
the following requirements apply.
(1) Vehicle owners in counties participating in Low
Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle
Retirement Program (LIRAP) shall remit $4.50 for motor vehicles subject
to vehicle emissions inspections to the Texas Department of Motor
Vehicles (DMV) or county tax assessor-collector at the time of annual
vehicle registration as part of the vehicle emissions inspection fee.
Of the $4.50 remitted, $2.00 constitutes the LIRAP fee as defined
in §114.7 of this title (relating to Low Income Vehicle Repair
Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program Definitions).
(2) Vehicle owners in counties participating in the
LIRAP and in the process of opting out shall remit $4.50 for motor
vehicles subject to emissions inspection to the DMV or county tax
assessor-collector at the time of annual vehicle registration as part
of the vehicle emissions inspection fee until the LIRAP fee termination
effective date as defined in §114.7 of this title. Of the $4.50
remitted, $2.00 constitutes the LIRAP fee as defined in §114.7
of this title. Upon the LIRAP fee termination effective date, vehicle
owners in participating counties that are in the process of opting
out of the LIRAP shall remit $2.50 for motor vehicles subject to vehicle
emissions inspections to the DMV or county tax-assessor-collector
at the time of annual vehicle registration as part of the vehicle
emissions inspection fee.
(3) Vehicle owners in counties not participating in
the LIRAP shall remit $2.50 for motor vehicles subject to vehicle
emissions inspection to the DMV or county tax-assessor-collector at
the time of annual vehicle registration as part of the vehicle emissions
inspection fee.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §114.87 adopted to be effective December 9, 2004, 29 TexReg 11348; amended to be effective March 6, 2014, 39 TexReg 1400; amended to be effective May 21, 2015, 40 TexReg 2670 |
