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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 920
PRINTER'S NO. 1061
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
743
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY K. WARD, BROOKS, LANGERHOLC, STEFANO, VOGEL,
FOLMER, MENSCH, BAKER AND J. WARD, JUNE 10, 2019
SENATOR K. WARD, TRANSPORTATION, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED,
JUNE 25, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for
requirement for periodic inspection of vehicles.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4702(f) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding subsections to read:
ยง 4702. Requirement for periodic inspection of vehicles.
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(f) [Emission] Biennial inspection.--Subject vehicles
operated in this Commonwealth must be emission inspected as
provided in section 4706 (relating to prohibition on
expenditures for emission inspection program)[.], and vehicle
emission inspection of subject vehicles, unless exempted from
the requirements for emission inspection under subsection (g),
shall be on a biennial basis. Starting January 1 for when a
biennial emission inspection is allowed following the approval
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in subsection (i), vehicles manufactured in an odd-numbered year
shall receive an emission inspection during an odd-numbered
year, and vehicles manufactured in an even-numbered year shall
receive an emission inspection during an even-numbered year. The
department shall notify the official inspection stations on a
periodic basis of the staggered biennial emission inspections.
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(h) Notificati on to Environmental Protection Agency.--The
Department of Environmental Protection shall notify the
Environmental Protection Agency of the modifications to the
vehicle emission program in subsection (f) and of the intent to
seek its approval of the plan in accordance with the
requirements of Federal law. The department REVISED STATE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.--WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS SUBSECTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SHALL INITIATE THE PROCESS FOR BIENNIAL EMISSION INSPECTION IN
THE VEHICLE EMISSION INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. THE
FOLLOWING APPLY:
(1) THE REVISED STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SHALL BE
COMPLETED NO LATER THAN JANUARY 1, 2020, AND SHALL
CONVINCINGLY DEMONSTRATE THAT BIENNIAL EMISSION INSPECTION
CAN MAINTAIN THE RELEVANT STANDARDS WITHOUT BENEFIT OF THE
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE VEHICLE EMISSION
INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
(2) THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SHALL
COMPLY WITH FEDERAL LAW DURING THE PROCESS, INCLUDING
ENSURING THAT THE REVISION WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH ATTAINMENT
REQUIREMENTS OR REASONABLE FURTHER PROGRESS TOWARD ATTAINMENT
AND THAT FEDERAL FUNDING IS NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTED AS A
RESULT OF THE REVISION.
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(3) THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION shall notify
the chair and minority chair of the Transportation Committee of
the Senate, the chair and minority chair of the Transportation
Committee of the House of Representatives, the chair and
minority chair of the Environmental Resources and Energy
Committee of the Senate and the chair and minority chair of the
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the House of
Representatives of the department's DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION'S notification to the Environmental Protection
Agency.
(i) Notice of approval.--Upon approval by the Environmental
Protection Agency under subsection (h), the secretary SECRETARY
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION shall transmit notice of the
approval to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in
the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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