GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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HOUSE BILL 1175
     

 
Short Title:	Emissions Insp.-Not for 25 Year Old Vehicles.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Howard; and Thompson.	
Referred to:	Transportation.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXEMPT MOTOR VEHICLES MORE THAN Twenty-five YEARS OLD FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF AN ANNUAL EMISSIONS INSPECTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑183.2(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Emissions. – A motor vehicle is subject to an emissions inspection in accordance with this Part if it meets all of the following requirements:
(1)	It is subject to registration with the Division under Article 3 of this Chapter.
(2)	It is not a trailer whose gross weight is less than 4,000 pounds, a house trailer, or a motorcycle.
(3)	It is  less than 25 years old.
(4)	Repealed by Session Laws 1999‑328, s. 3.11.
(5)	It meets any of the following descriptions:
a.	It is required to be registered in an emissions county.
b.	It is part of a fleet that is operated primarily in an emissions county.
c.	It is offered for rent in an emissions county.
d.	It is a used vehicle offered for sale by a dealer in an emissions county.
e.	It is operated on a federal installation located in an emissions county and it is not a tactical military vehicle. Vehicles operated on a federal installation include those that are owned or leased by employees of the installation and are used to commute to the installation and those owned or operated by the federal agency that conducts business at the installation.
f.	It is otherwise required by 40 C.F.R. Part 51 to be subject to an emissions inspection.
(6)	It is not licensed at the farmer rate under G.S. 20‑88(b)."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2001.