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 2 - LOW INCOME VEHICLE REPAIR ASSISTANCE, RETROFIT, AND ACCELERATED VEHICLE RETIREMENT PROGRAM
Section 114.66 - Disposition of Retired Vehicle

(a) Vehicles retired under a Low Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program (LIRAP) may not be resold or reused in their entirety in this or another state. Any dismantling of vehicles or salvaging of steel under this section must be performed at a facility located in the state of Texas.

(b) The vehicle must be:

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, the dismantler of a vehicle shall destroy the emissions control equipment and engine, certify those parts have been destroyed and not resold into the market place. The dismantler shall remove any mercury switches and shall comply with state and federal laws applicable to the management of those mercury switches.

(d) The dismantler shall provide certification that the vehicle has been destroyed to the automobile dealer from whom the dismantler has taken receipt of a vehicle for retirement. The automobile dealer shall submit to the participating county or its designated entity the proof of destruction from the dismantler.

(e) The dismantler shall provide the residual scrap metal of a retired vehicle under this section to a recycling facility at no cost, except for the cost of transportation of the residual scrap metal to the recycling facility.