30 Tex. Admin. Code § 114.87 - Inspection and Maintenance Fees
(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 vehicleemissions 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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