GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 349

Short Title:  New MV Safety Inspections.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Dickson; Eddins, Cole, Rayfield, Culp, and Morris.

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Referred to:  Transportation.

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February 27, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT NEW MOTOR VEHICLES NEED BE INSPECTED ONLY WHEN THEY ARE SOLD TO THE FIRST PURCHASER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-183.4C reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-183.4C.  When a vehicle must be inspected.
A vehicle that is subject to a safety inspection, an emissions inspection, or both must be inspected as follows:
(1)	A new vehicle must be inspected before it is sold at retail in this State.
(2)	A used vehicle must be inspected before it is offered for sale at retail in this State by a dealer at a location other than a public auction.
(3)	A used vehicle that is offered for sale at retail in this State by a dealer at a public auction must be inspected before it is offered for sale unless it has an inspection sticker that was put on the vehicle under this Part and does not expire until at least nine months after the date the vehicle is offered for sale at auction.
(4)	A used vehicle acquired by a resident of this State from a person outside the State must be inspected within 10 days after the vehicle is registered with the Division.
(5)	A vehicle owned by a new resident of this State who transfers the registration of the vehicle from the resident's former home state to this State must be inspected within 10 days after the vehicle is registered with the Division.
(6)	A vehicle that has been inspected in accordance with this Part must be inspected by the last day of the month in which the inspection sticker on the vehicle expires, unless another subdivision of this section requires it to be inspected sooner."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.