A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish new civil penalties for emissions violations based on the type of violation that has occurred.
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. The civil penalty for a violation of this subdivision is twenty‑five dollars ($25.00).
(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. The civil penalty for a violation of this subdivision is one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(3)	Incorrectly states the county of registration of the vehicle to avoid having an emissions inspection of the vehicle. The civil penalty for a violation of this subdivision is two hundred dollars ($200.00).
 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 July 1, 2007.