GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 70

Short Title:  Inspect MVs for Hydrocarbons.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Odom.
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Referred to:  Transportation.
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January 30, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADD HYDROCARBONS TO MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUST INSPECTIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-128.2(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to G.S. 143-215.107(a)(6) for the purposes of this section shall be limited to carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, shall be statewide in scope but enforced on a county unit basis when ambient air pollutant concentrations exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards established pursuant to the Clean Air Act of 1970 as amended by the Clean Air Act amendments of 1977 and when the Environmental Management Commission certifies to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles that the ambient air quality within a specified county requires a motor vehicle inspection/maintenance program; provided the Environmental Management Commission may prescribe different standards for different areas as may be necessary and appropriate to facilitate accomplishment of the stated purposes of this section. Such standards shall be no more restrictive or stringent than federal standards, as required by G.S. 143-215.107(f)."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.