A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to create a sliding scale for civil fines to be assessed for failing to have a motor vehicle inspected within the required time limit.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑183.8A reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑183.8A.  Civil penalties against motorists for emissions violations.
The Division shall assess a civil penalty against a person who owns or leases a vehicle that is subject to an emissions inspection and who does any of the following:
(1)	Fails to have the vehicle inspected within four months after it is required to be inspected under this Part.
(2)	Instructs or allows a person to tamper with an emission control device of the vehicle so as to make the device inoperative or fail to work properly.
(3)	Incorrectly states the county of registration of the vehicle to avoid having an emissions inspection of the vehicle.
The amount of the civil penalty to be assessed for a violation of this section is sixty dollars ($60.00). If the vehicle is inspected within 30 days of the assessment of the civil penalty under this section and the registered owner or the registered owner's agent provides the Division with a copy of the inspection certificate, the civil penalty shall be reduced to thirty dollars ($30.00). As provided in G.S. 20‑54, the registration of a vehicle may not be renewed until a penalty imposed under this section has been paid."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2007, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.