GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1999 



1 charge, to any person who maintains or repairs a 



2 motor vehicle, all information necessary to fully 



3 make use of the onboard on-board diagnostic 



4 equipment and the data compiled by that equipment; 



5 to certify to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles 



6 that ambient air quality will be improved by the 



7 implementation of a motor vehicle emissions 



8 inspection and maintenance program in a county. The 



9 Commission shall implement this subdivision as 



10 provided in G.S. 143-215 . 107A. " 



11 Section 2. G.S. 143-215 . 107A(b) is repealed. I 



12 Section 3. G.S. 143-215 . 107A(d) reads as rewritten: 



13 "(d) Additional Counties. -- The Commission may require that 



14 motor vehicle emissions inspections be performed in counties in 



15 addition to those set out in subsection (c) of this section. In 



16 determining whether to require that motor vehicle emissions 



17 inspections be performed in a county, the Commission may consider 



18 the population of, and distribution of population in, the county; 



19 the projected change in population of, and distribution of 



20 population in, the county; the number of vehicles registered in 



21 the county; the projected change in the number of vehicles 



22 registered in the county; vehicle miles traveled in the county; 



23 the projected change in vehicle miles traveled in the county; 



24 current and projected commuting patterns in the county; and the 



25 current and projected impact of these factors on attainment of 



26 air quality standards in the county and in areas outside the 



27 county. The Commission may not require that motor vehicle 



28 emissions t e sting inspections be performed in any county with a 



29 population of less than 40,000 based on the most recent 



30 population estimates prepared by the State Planning Officer. The 



31 Commission may not require that motor vehicle emissions tocting 



32 inspections be performed in any county in which the number of 



33 vehicle miles traveled per day is less than 900,000, based on the 



34 most recent estimates prepared by the Department of 



35 Transportation. In order to disapprove a rule that requires that 



36 motor vehicle emissions inspections be performed in one or more 



37 additional counties, a bill introduced pursuant to G.S. 



38 150B-21.3(b) must amend subsection (c) of this section to add one 



39 or more other counties in which the total population and vehicle 

 4 miles traveled per day equal or exceed the total population and 



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