GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1999 



1 vehicle miles traveled in the county or counties listed in the 



2 rule that the bill would disapprove." 



3 Section 4. Section 3.2 of S.L. 1999-328 reads as 



4 rewritten: 



5 "Section 3.2. Tbe — Environmontal — Management — Commiccion 



6 shall adopt ruloc to implomont G . S . — 143 - 315 . 107A(b) , — ac enact e d 



7 by Soction 3 . 1 of thic act . Thoco rul e s shall bocome e ffectiv e 



8 en — I — July — 3002 . The Environmental Management Commission shall 



9 not require that motor vehicle emissions inspections be performed 



10 in any county pursuant to G.S. 143-215 . 107A(d) , as enacted by 



11 Section 3.1 of this act, prior to 1 July 2006. The Environmental 



12 Management Commission shall not require motor vehicle emissions 



13 inspections for diesel powered vehicles prior to 1 July 2001." 



14 Section 5. Section 3.9 of S.L. 1999-328 is repealed. 



15 Section 6. Effective 1 July 2002, G.S. 20-128(c) reads 



16 as rewritten: 



17 "(c) No motor vehicle registered in this State which that was 



18 manufactured after model year 1967 shall be operated in this 



19 State unless it is equipped with such e micsion - control emissions 



20 control devices to r e duce air pollution as that were installed 



21 on the vehicle at the time of manufacture; — provided th e foregoing 



22 roquiromont the vehicle was manufactured and these devices are 

 2 3 properly connected. 



24 (d) The requirements of subsection (c) of this section shall 



25 not apply whor e — such if the emissions control devices have been 



26 removed for the purpose of converting the motor vehicle to 



27 operate on natural or liquefied petroleum gas or other 



28 modifications have been made in order to reduce air pollution, 



29 further — provided — that — such — modification s — shall — hav e — first — boon 



30 pollution and these modifications are approved by the Department 



31 of Environment and Natural Resources." 



32 Section 7. Effective 1 July 2000, G.S. 20-183. 2{b) 



33 reads as rewritten: 



34 "(b) Emissions. — A motor vehicle is subject to an emissions 



35 inspection in accordance with this Part if it meets all of the 



36 following requirements: 



37 ( 1 ) It is subject to registration with the Division 



38 under Article 3 of this Chapter. 



39 (2) It is not a trailer whose gross weight is less than 



40 4,000 pounds, a house trailer, or a motorcycle. 



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