PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 921
PRINTER'S NO. 953
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
744
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, K. WARD, STEFANO, VOGEL, BROOKS,
GORDNER, MENSCH, BAKER AND J. WARD, JUNE 10, 2019
SENATOR K. WARD, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, JUNE 12, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for
prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4706 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 4706. Prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection
program.
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(h.1) Revised State implementation plan.--
(1) Within 60 days of the effective date of this
subsection, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
initiate the process of removing the following counties from
the enhanced vehicle emission inspection and maintenance
program:
(i) A county of the third class with a population
between 214,000 and 215,000 under the 2010 Federal
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decennial census .
(ii) A county of the third class with a population
between 320,000 and 321,000 under the 2010 Federal
decennial census .
(iii) A county of the third class with a population
between 365,000 and 366,000 under the 2010 Federal
decennial census .
(iv) A county of the fourth class with a population
between 143,000 and 144,000 under the 2010 Federal
decennial census .
(v) A county of the fifth class with a population
between 116,000 and 117,000 under the 2010 Federal
decennial census .
(vi) A county of the fifth class with a population
between 127,000 and 128,000 under the 2010 Federal
decennial census .
(2) The revised State implementation plan shall be
completed no later than January 1, 2020, and shall
convincingly demonstrate that the counties listed under
paragraph (1) can maintain the relevant standards without
benefit of the emissions reductions attributable to the
vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program.
(3) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
comply with Federal law during the process, including by
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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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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