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(b)	Repealed by Session Laws 2000‑134, s. 2, effective July 14, 2000.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, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Johnston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Orange, Pitt, Randolph, Rowan, Union, and Wake."
SECTION 2.  No later than July 1, 2018, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall prepare and submit to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for approval by that agency a proposed North Carolina State Implementation Plan amendment based on the change to the motor vehicle emissions testing program provided in this act.
SECTION 3.  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, 2020.
(2)	The first day of a month that is 60 days after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources certifies to the Revisor of Statutes that the United States Environmental Protection Agency has approved an amendment to the North Carolina State Implementation Plan submitted as required by Section 2 of this act. The Department shall provide this notice along with the effective date of this act on its Web site and by written or electronic notice to emissions inspection mechanic license holders, emissions inspection station licensees, and self‑inspector licensees in the counties where motor vehicle emissions inspection requirements are removed by this act.