Tex. Transp. Code § 548.4045 · Subchapter G. CERTIFICATION OF INSPECTION STATION OR INSPECTOR
BOND REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN INSPECTION STATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to an inspection station that:
(1) is located in a county in which the environmental commission has established a motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program under Subchapter F; and
(2) has been convicted of a violation of this chapter relating to an emissions inspection.
(b) An application for certification as an inspection station must be accompanied by a surety bond in the amount of $5,000, payable to this state and conditioned on the future compliance with this chapter and rules adopted by the department or the environmental commission under this chapter.
(c) The attorney general or the district or county attorney for the county in which the inspection station is located or in which the inspection station that employs the inspector is located may bring suit in the name of this state to recover on the bond.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1202 (S.B. 197), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 63, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.548.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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