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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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TRANSPORTATION CODE |
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Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
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Subtitle C. RULES OF THE ROAD |
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Chapter 548. COMPULSORY INSPECTION OF VEHICLES |
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Subchapter I. VIOLATIONS AND OFFENSES |
Sec. 548.6035. FRAUDULENT EMISSIONS INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLE
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(a) A person commits an offense if, in connection with a required emissions inspection of a motor vehicle, the person knowingly:
(1) places or causes to be placed on a motor vehicle an inspection certificate, if:
(A) the vehicle does not meet the emissions requirements established by the department; or
(B) the person has not inspected the vehicle;
(2) manipulates an emissions test result;
(3) uses or causes to be used emissions data from another motor vehicle as a substitute for the motor vehicle being inspected; or
(4) bypasses or circumvents a fuel cap test.
(b) A first offense under Subsections (a)(1)-(3) is a Class B misdemeanor.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a second or subsequent offense under Subsections (a)(1)-(3) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) If it is found on trial of an offense under Subsections (a)(1)-(3) that the person committing the offense acted with the intent to defraud or harm another person, the offense is a state jail felony.
(e) An offense under Subsection (a)(4) is a Class C misdemeanor.
(f) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(4) that the analyzer used by the person developed a functional problem during the emissions inspection of the fuel cap that prevented the person from properly conducting the fuel cap test portion of the emissions inspection.