2001 -- H 6086
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LC02375
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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2001
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A N A C T
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- EMISSIONS INSPECTION PROGRAM
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 31-47.1-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-47.1 entitled "Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program" is hereby amended to read as follows:
31-47.1-11. Fee -- (a) A fee, of forty-seven dollars ($47.00) as established in subsection (d), is to be charged for each motor vehicle inspected. The fees collected shall provide for the cost of the inspection, the costs of administering the motor vehicle emissions inspection program, and other costs provided by law. The fee must be paid for each motor vehicle inspected at an emissions inspection station at the time of the inspection and is payable whether a compliance certificate, waiver certificate, or no certificate is issued. There shall be no fee charged for one reinspection of a vehicle that failed an initial inspection when the reinspection is conducted at the AIRS that conducted the initial inspection.
(b) Of the forty-seven dollars ($47.00) fee, eighteen dollars ($18.00) shall be retained by the inspection station owner to cover the costs of performing the inspection. The remaining twenty-nine dollars ($29.00) shall be remitted to the program manager. The program manager shall retain thirteen dollars ($13.00) of the fee and remit the remaining sixteen dollars ($16.00) for deposit in the state general fund. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sums that may be required to cover the costs of administering the program by the division of motor vehicles and the department of environmental management.
(c) The general assembly shall, on or before June 30th of each calendar year, review the costs and fees associated with the program with the goal of eliminating all fees being directed to the general fund and to eliminate all costs and fees not directly related and necessary to pay the costs of administering the motor vehicle emission inspection program as required under 40 CFR 51.354(a).
(d) Fees to motorists shall be forty-seven dollars ($47.00) per test. The fee shall be apportioned as follows:
(1) State of Rhode Island $8.00
(2) Contractor Test System Operator $13.00
(3) AIRS Station $26.00
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.
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LC02375
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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A N A C T
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- EMISSIONS INSPECTION PROGRAM
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This act would establish the fee for the motor vehicle inspection program.
This act would take effect on July 1, 2001.