Section 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.30 Tex. Admin. Code § 114.87
The provisions of this §114.87 adopted to be effective December 9, 2004, 29 TexReg 11348; amended to be effective March 6, 2014, 39 TexReg 1400; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 20, May 15, 2015, TexReg 2679, eff. 5/21/2015