Unless specifically defined in the Texas Clean Air Act (TCAA), or in the rules of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the terms used in this chapter have the meanings commonly ascribed to them in the fields of air pollution control and vehicle inspection. In addition to the terms defined by the TCAA, the words and terms detailed in this section, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings:
  (1) Lifetime revocation--The withdrawal of the authority granted by the department to inspect vehicles under the certificate of a vehicle inspection station or inspector for the lifetime of the applicant.
  (2) Re-education--To provide mandatory additional or remedial training to a vehicle inspector to correct errors observed, or discovered by department personnel. The department representative provides this training on-site, or later, as scheduling permits.
  (3) Revocation--The withdrawal of the authority granted by the department to inspect vehicles under the certificate of a vehicle inspection station or inspector for a period of at least three years.
  (4) Suspension--A temporary abatement of the authority associated with the certification of a vehicle inspection station, or inspector.
  (5) Warning--A written reprimand based on a category A violation, which if repeated will result in a more severe administrative sanction.

Source Note: The provisions of this §23.61 adopted to be effective March 13, 2013, 38 TexReg 1701; amended to be effective March 1, 2015, 40 TexReg 265