A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to limit counties in which motor vehicle emissions inspections are required.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143‑215.107A reads as rewritten:
"§ 143‑215.107A.  Motor vehicle emissions testing and maintenance program.
(a)	General Provisions. –
(1)	G.S. 143‑215.107(a)(6) shall be implemented as provided in this section.
(2)	Motor vehicle emissions inspections shall be performed by a person who holds an emissions inspection mechanic license issued as provided in G.S. 20‑183.4A(c) at a station that holds an emissions inspection station license issued under G.S. 20‑183.4A(a) or at a place of business that holds an emissions self‑inspector license issued as provided in G.S. 20‑183.4A(d). Motor vehicle emissions inspections may be performed by a decentralized network of test‑and‑repair stations as described in 40 Code of Federal Regulations § 51.353 (1 July 1998 Edition). The Commission may not require that motor vehicle emissions inspections be performed by a network of centralized or decentralized test‑only stations.
(b)	Repealed by Session Laws 2000‑134, s. 2, effective July 14, 2000.
(c)	Counties Covered. – Motor vehicle emissions inspections shall be performed in the following counties: Alamance, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston,  Guilford, Harnett, Henderson, Iredell, Johnston, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Moore, Nash, Orange, Pitt, Randolph, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Wake, Wayne, and Wilson."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective on the later of the following dates and applies to motor vehicles inspected, or due to be inspected, on or after the effective date of this act:
(1)	January 1, 2016.
(2)	The first day of a month that is 30 days after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources certifies to the Revisor of Statutes that the United States Environmental Protection Agency has approved the amendment to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan based on the change to the motor vehicle emissions testing program provided in this act.