PRINTER'S NO. 1130
No. 990 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY McILHINNEY, BELARDI, CALTAGIRONE, GEORGE,
GODSHALL, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HORSEY, McCALL, MELIO,
R. MILLER, PETRARCA, PIPPY, ROBERTS, RUBLEY, SATHER, SOLOBAY,
STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRELLO, WATSON, WOGAN
AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 14, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 14, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for prohibition on expenditure
3 for emission inspection program.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4706 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 4706. Prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection
9 program.
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11 (d.1) Newly purchased vehicles.--Notwithstanding any other
12 provision of this title to the contrary, no new motor vehicle
13 that has been purchased shall be subject to an emission
14 inspection under this subchapter within one year of the date of
15 purchase, and the first emission inspection on such vehicle may
16 be conducted in conjunction with the first safety inspection of
17 the vehicle. A copy of the sales agreement for such vehicle
1 shall be sufficient evidence of compliance with this section for
2 12 months from the date of purchase, provided that the sales
3 agreement is maintained in the vehicle. Any dealer who sells a
4 vehicle subject to emission inspection under this section shall
5 inform the purchaser at the time of sale about the provisions of
6 this subsection.
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8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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