{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.216","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.216","heading":"INCENTIVES FOR VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN VEHICLE EMISSIONS INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.","body":"The commission, the Texas Department of Transportation, and the Public Safety Commission may, subject to federal limitations:\n(1) encourage counties likely to exceed federal clean air standards to implement voluntary:\n(A) motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance programs; and\n(B) low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement programs;\n(2) establish incentives for counties to voluntarily implement motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance programs and low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement programs; and\n(3) designate a county that voluntarily implements a motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program or a low-income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program as a \"Clean Air County\" and give preference to a county designated as a Clean Air County in any federal or state clean air grant program.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1075, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE C. AIR QUALITY","CHAPTER 382. CLEAN AIR ACT","SUBCHAPTER G. VEHICLE EMISSIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.382.htm#382.216","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"8dce39e3c7e1576aa259a985983fc883cb5475315253c819e5c90bf329493859","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.215","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-382.218"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}