PRINTER'S NO. 1170
No. 1043 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY MELIO, LAUGHLIN, THOMAS, YOUNGBLOOD, M. COHEN,
FREEMAN, CORRIGAN, TRELLO, WOJNAROSKI, MICHLOVIC, PETRARCA,
JAMES, SCHRODER AND GIGLIOTTI, MARCH 23, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 23, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for emission inspection program
3 expenditures.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4706(g)(3) of Title 75 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4706. Prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection
9 program.
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11 (g) Alternative enhanced emission inspection program.--
12 Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (f), the department
13 shall comply with all of the following requirements:
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15 (3) The department shall develop and submit to the
16 Environmental Protection Agency an alternative enhanced
17 vehicle emission inspection program for approval which meets
18 the requirements of Federal law, applies to all counties,
1 includes vehicles utilizing diesel fuel and motorcycles and
2 consists of a decentralized test and repair program or a
3 hybrid program which combines both decentralized test and
4 repair and test-only components. The decentralized test
5 program may contain an additional component which will test
6 and repair only those components necessary to achieve
7 compliance with Federal clean air standards. As part of this
8 decentralized test program, the department shall utilize the
9 newest and most efficient technologies, including, but not
10 limited to, remote roadside testing, identification and
11 targeting of gross polluting vehicles and alternative
12 equipment to existing inspection technology. The department
13 may incorporate pilot programs and demonstration projects
14 which achieve and enhance vehicle emissions reductions.
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16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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