Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 114 - CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM MOTOR VEHICLES › Subchapter C - VEHICLE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE; LOW INCOME VEHICLE REPAIR ASSISTANCE, RETROFIT, AND ACCELERATED VEHICLE RETIREMENT PROGRAM; AND EARLY ACTION COMPACT COUNTIES › Division 1 - VEHICLE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 114.53 - Inspection and Maintenance Fees

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The
													 following fees must be paid for an emissions inspection of a vehicle at an inspection station. This fee must
													 include one free retest should the vehicle fail the emissions inspection provided that the motorist has the
													 retest performed at the same station where the vehicle originally failed and 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.
(1) In El Paso
													 County beginning May 1, 2002 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 §114.50(a)(4)(A), (B), or
													 (C) of this title (relating to Vehicle Emissions Inspection Requirements) must collect a fee of $14 and remit
													 $2.50 to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). If the El Paso County Commissioners Court adopts a
													 resolution that is approved by the commission to participate in the Low Income Vehicle Repair Assistance,
													 Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program (LIRAP), the emissions inspection station in El Paso
													 County must collect a fee of $16 and remit to the DPS $4.50 beginning upon the date specified by the
													 commission and ending on the day before the single sticker transition date. Beginning on the single sticker
													 transition date, any emissions inspection station in El Paso County required to conduct an emissions test in
													 accordance with §114.50(a)(4)(A), (B), or (C) of this title must collect a fee not to exceed
													 $11.50.
(2) In the Dallas-Fort Worth program area beginning May
													 1, 2002 and ending on the day before the single sticker transition date as defined in §
												114.1
													 of this title, any emissions inspection station required to conduct an emissions test in accordance with
													 §
												114.50(a)(1)(A)
													 or (B) of this title and in the extended Dallas-Fort Worth program area
													 beginning May 1, 2003 and ending on the day before the single sticker transition date, any emissions
													 inspection station required to conduct an emissions test in accordance with §
												114.50(a)(2)(A) or
													 (B) of this title must collect a fee not to exceed $27. Beginning May 1,
													 2002 and ending on the day before the single sticker transition date in the Dallas-Fort Worth and the
													 extended Dallas-Fort Worth program areas, the emissions inspection station must remit to the DPS $2.50 for
													 each acceleration simulation mode (ASM-2) test and $8.50 for each on-board diagnostics (OBD) test. Beginning
													 on the single sticker transition date in the Dallas-Fort Worth and the extended Dallas-Fort Worth program
													 areas, any emissions inspection station required to conduct an emissions test in accordance with
													 §114.50(a)(1)(A) or (B) and (2)(A) or (B) of this title must collect a fee not to exceed $24.50 for each
													 ASM-2 test and $18.50 for each OBD test.
(3) In the
													 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria program area beginning May 1, 2002 and ending on the day before the single sticker
													 transition date as defined in §
												114.1 of this title, any emissions inspection station in Harris
													 County required to conduct an emissions test in accordance with §
												114.50(a)(3)(A) or
													 (B) of this title and beginning May 1, 2003 and ending on the day before
													 the single sticker transition date, any emissions inspection station in Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, and
													 Montgomery Counties required to conduct an emissions test in accordance with §
												114.50(a)(3)(D) or
													 (E) of this title must collect a fee not to exceed $27. Beginning May 1,
													 2002 and ending on the day before the single sticker transition date in Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston,
													 Harris, and Montgomery Counties, the emissions inspection station must remit to the DPS $2.50 for each ASM-2
													 test and $8.50 for each OBD test. Beginning on the single sticker transition date in Brazoria, Fort Bend,
													 Galveston, Harris, and Montgomery Counties, any emissions inspection station required to conduct an emissions
													 test in accordance with §114.50(a)(3)(A), (B), (D), or (E) of this title must collect a fee not to
													 exceed $24.50 for each ASM-2 test and $18.50 for each OBD test.
(4) In the Bexar County program area beginning November 1, 2026, any
													 emissions inspection station in Bexar County required to conduct an emissions test in accordance with §
												114.50(a)(5)(A) or
													 (B) of this title must collect a fee not to exceed $18.50.