Sec. 548.6035. FRAUDULENT EMISSIONS INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) A person commits an offense if, in connection with a required emissions inspection of a motor vehicle, the person knowingly: (1) submits information to the department's inspection database stating that a vehicle has passed the applicable inspections or issues a passing vehicle inspection report, 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.
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