GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 394
HOUSE BILL 406

AN ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN TRUCKS REQUIRED TO BE INSPECTED UNDER FEDERAL REGULATIONS FROM HAVING TO ALSO BE INSPECTED UNDER THE STATE INSPECTION PROGRAM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-183.2(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer not including trailers of a gross weight of less than 4,000 pounds and house trailers, registered or required to be registered in North Carolina when operated on the streets and highways of this State must display a current approved State or federal inspection certificate as required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations at such place on the vehicle as may be designated by the Commissioner, indicating that it has been inspected in accordance with this Part.  Gasoline-powered vehicles over 26,001 pounds shall be subject to emission control device and exhaust emission testing required under 20-128.2.  Such motor vehicle shall thereafter be inspected and display a current inspection certificate as is required by subsection (b) hereof."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of June, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives