Vehicle Emissions Inspection & Maintenance Rules & Regulations

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(12) Inspection certificates issued prior to an effective datein this section shall be valid and shall remain in effect untilthe expiration date thereof.time as the safety inspection certificate currently displayedon the vehicle at the time the unique emissionstest-only certificate is issued.(13) A unique emissions test-only inspection certificateexpires at the same time the annual vehicle safety inspectioncertificate it relates to expires.(14) The department will perform quarterly equipmentand/or gas audits on all vehicle emissions analyzers usedto perform vehicle emissions tests. If a vehicle emissionsanalyzer fails the calibration process during the gas audit,the department shall cause the appropriate inspectionstation to cease vehicle emissions testing with the failingemissions analyzer until all necessary corrections aremade and the vehicle emissions analyzer passes thecalibration process.(15) Pursuant to the Revised Texas I/M SIP, the departmentshall administer and monitor a follow-up loadedmode I/M test on at least 0.1% of the vehicles subject tovehicle emissions testing in a given year to evaluate themass emissions test data as required in 40 CFR51.353(c)(3). A contractor(s) may be used to assist incollecting, reviewing and evaluating program data.(16) On-road testing (Remote Sensing Program) verificationemissions inspection. Vehicle owners receiving anotice from the department requiring an emission test shallreceive an out-of-cycle test, if the vehicle already has avalid safety and emission inspection certificate. This testwill be conducted in accordance with the terms of thedepartment's notice. The results of this verification emissionsinspection shall be reported (on-line) to the TexasInformation Management System Vehicle IdentificationDatabase (VID). Vehicles identified to be tested by thenotice will receive the prescribed test regardless of thecounty of registration and whether the vehicle has acurrently valid safety inspection certificate or a valid safetyand emissions inspection certificate. When the vehicle hasa currently valid safety inspection certificate or a valid safetyand emissions inspection certificate, the owner maychoose one of two options:(A) a complete safety and emissions test and receipt of anew inspection certificate, or(B) an emissions test and receipt of the unique emissionstest-only inspection certificate affixed to the lower lefthandcorner of the windshield of the vehicle, immediatelyabove the registration sticker. The unique emissionstest-only inspection certificate will expire at the same(17) Emissions testing of vehicles requiring vehicle identificationinsignias issued by public institutes of higher learning.Effective January 1, 2002 as per §51.207 of the TexasEducation Code, public institutions of higher learning locatedin affected counties may require vehicles to be emissionstested as a condition to receive a permit to park or drive onthe grounds of the institution, including vehicles registeredout-of-state. The following instructions are provided forhandling this type of inspection.(A) Vehicles presented under this subsection shallreceive an emissions inspection and be issued a uniqueemissions test-only inspection certificate which will beaffixed to the lower left-hand corner of the windshield ofthe vehicle. Since this inspection certificate is not dated,this certificate will expire as follows:(i) Vehicles registered in this state from counties withoutan emissions testing program. The unique emissionstest-only inspection certificate will expire at the sametime as the safety inspection certificate currently displayedon the vehicle at the time the unique emissionstest-only certificate is issued.(ii) Vehicles registered in another state. The uniqueemissions test-only inspection certificate will expire onthe twelfth (12th) month after the month indicated onthe date of the Vehicle Inspection Report (VIR) generatedby the emissions inspection. Under no circumstancesis the inspection station authorized to removean out-of-state inspection and/or registration certificate,to include either safety, emissions, or combination ofany of the aforementioned.(B) The operator of a vehicle presented for an emissionsinspection under this subsection will be notified to retainthe Vehicle Inspection Report (VIR) as proof of emissionstesting under the requirements of §51.207 of the TexasEducation Code.(e) Waivers and extensions. Under this section, the departmentmay issue an emissions testing waiver or time extensionto any vehicle that passes all requirements of the standardsafety inspection portion of the annual vehicle safety inspectionand meets the established criteria for a particular waiveror time extension. An emissions testing waiver or a timeextension defers the need for full compliance with vehicleemissions standards of the vehicle emissions I/M programfor a specified period of time after a vehicle fails anemissions test. The department will accept applications foremissions testing waivers and time extensions. There are5-15
four types of emissions testing waivers and time extensions:Low Mileage Waiver; Individual Vehicle Waiver; PartsAvailability Time Extension; and Low-Income TimeExtension. The motorist may apply once each testing cyclefor the Low Mileage Waiver, Individual Vehicle Waiver, andParts Availability Time Extension. The motorist may applyevery other testing cycle for the Low-Income TimeExtension.(1) Low Mileage Waiver.(A) Eligibility. A vehicle may be eligible for a Low MileageWaiver provided that it has:(i) failed both its initial emissions inspection andre-test; and(ii) incurred qualified emissions-related repairs, asdefined herein, whose cost is equal to at least$100; and(iii) the vehicle has been driven less than 5,000miles in the previous inspection cycle; and(iv) the vehicle will be reasonably expected to bedriven fewer than 5,000 miles before the next safetyinspection is required.(B) Qualified Emissions-Related Repairs. Qualified emissions-relatedrepairs are those repairs to emissionscontrol components, including diagnosis, parts and labor,which count toward a Low Mileage Waiver. In order to beconsidered qualified emissions-related repairs, therepair(s):(i) must be directly applicable to the cause for theemissions test failure;(ii) must be performed after the initial emissions test orhave been performed within 60 days prior to the initialemissions test;(iii) must not be tampering-related repairs, as definedherein;(iv) must not be covered by any available warrantycoverage unless the warranty remedy has been deniedin writing by the manufacturer or authorized dealer; and(v) must be performed by a Recognized EmissionsRepair Technician of Texas at a Recognized EmissionsRepair Facility of Texas in order to include the labor costand/or diagnostic costs. When repairs are not performedby a Recognized Emissions Repair Technicianof Texas at a Recognized Emissions Repair Facility ofTexas, only the purchase price of parts, applicable tothe emissions test failure, qualify as a repair expenditurefor the Low Mileage Waiver.C) Conditions. The following conditions must be met inorder to receive a Low Mileage Waiver:(i) the vehicle must pass a visual inspection performedby a department representative to insure that the emissionsrepairs being claimed have actually beenperformed;(ii) the diagnosis, parts and labor receipts for the qualifiedemissions-related repairs must be presented to thedepartment and support that the emissions repairsbeing claimed have actually been performed; and(iii) the valid re-test Vehicle Inspection Report (VIR) andvalid Vehicle Repair Form (VRF) for the applicant vehiclemust be presented to the department. If labor and/ordiagnostic charges are being claimed towards the lowmileage waiver amount, the VRF shall be completed bya Recognized Emissions Repair Technician of Texas.(2) Low-Income Time Extension. A Low-Income TimeExtension may be granted in accordance with the followingconditions:(A) The applicant must supply to the department proof inwriting that:(i) the vehicle failed the initial emissions inspection test;proof shall be in the form of the original failed VIR;(ii) the vehicle has not been granted a Low-IncomeTime Extension in the previous testing cycle;(iii) the applicant is the owner of the vehicle that is thesubject of the Low-Income Time Extension; and(iv) the applicant receives financial assistance from theTexas Health and Human Services Commission or theDepartment of Aging and Disability Services due toindigence (subject to approval by the director) or theapplicant's adjusted gross income (if the applicant ismarried, the applicant's adjusted gross income is equalto the applicant's adjusted gross income plus theapplicant's spouse's adjusted gross income) is at orbelow the current federal poverty level as published bythe United States Department of Health and HumanServices, Office of the Secretary, in the FederalRegister; proof shall be in the form of a federal incometax return or other documentation authorized by thedirector that the applicant certifies as true and correct.(B) After a vehicle receives an initial Low-Income TimeExtension, the vehicle must pass an emissions test priorto receiving another Low-Income Time Extension.5-16
Page 2 and 3: TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER 1INTRODUCT
Page 4 and 5: 01.05.00 INTRODUCTIONThis manual pr
Page 6 and 7: CHAPTER TWOACCELERATION SIMULATION
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Page 10 and 11: c. Commercial Motor Vehicles Requir
Page 12 and 13: 1. Rejection receipt,2. Emissions t
Page 14 and 15: 3.05.00 ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS II (OB
Page 16 and 17: Emissions Test. A motor vehicle req
Page 18 and 19: d. Vehicles operated exclusively by
Page 20 and 21: CHAPTER FOURTWO-SPEED IDLE (TSI)INS
Page 22 and 23: eceive an out-of-cycle emissions te
Page 24 and 25: after the rejection receipt is prin
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Page 32 and 33: 05.25.00 ADMINISTRATIVE RULESTEXAS
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