Section 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motor vehicle emissions inspections be performed by a network of centralized or decentralized test-only stations.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2000-134, s. 2, effective July 14, 2000.(c)(Effective until contingency met - see note) Counties Covered. - Motor vehicle emissions inspections shall be performed in the following counties: Alamance, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Johnston, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Onslow, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Union, and Wake.(c)(For contingent effective date, see note) Counties Covered. - Motor vehicle emissions inspections shall be performed in the following counties: Alamance, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Guilford, Iredell, Johnston, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Randolph, Rowan, Union, and Wake.(c)(For contingent effective date, see note)Counties Covered. - Motor vehicle emissions inspections shall be performed in Mecklenburg County.(d) Repealed by Session Laws 2012-200, s. 12(a), effective August 1, 2012.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-215.107A
Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 134,s. 12.7-b, eff. 9/22/2023, effective on the first day of a month that is 60 days after the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality 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 subsection (c) of this section and applies to motor vehicles inspected, or due to be inspected, on or after that date. The Secretary shall provide this notice of approval along with the effective date of this section on its website and by written or electronic notice to emissions inspection mechanic license holders, emissions inspection station licensees, and self-inspector licensees in the county where motor vehicle emissions inspection requirements are removed by this section..Amended by 2020 N.C. Sess. Laws 5, s. 1, effective on the later of the following dates and applicable to motor vehicles inspected, or due to be inspected, on or after that effective date: (1) January 1, 2021. (2) The first day of a month that is 60 days after the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality 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 Secretary 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 county where motor vehicle emissions inspection requirements are removed by this act..Amended by 2017 N.C. Sess. Laws 10, s. 3.5-a, eff. 10/1/2017, or the first day of a month that is 60 days after the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality 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 subsection 3.5.(c) of 2017-10, whichever is later.Amended by 2012 N.C. Sess. Laws 200, s. 12-a, eff. 8/1/2012.Amended by 2004 N.C. Sess. Laws 0203, s. 5.(l), eff. 8/17/2004. 1999-328, ss. 3.1, 3.3,3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7; 2000-134, ss. 2, 3.2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 134,s. 12.7-bprovides: Subsections (a) and (b) of this section become effective on the first day of a month that is 60 days after the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality 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 subsection (c) of this section and applies to motor vehicles inspected, or due to be inspected, on or after that date. The Secretary shall provide this notice of approval along with the effective date of this section on its website and by written or electronic notice to emissions inspection mechanic license holders, emissions inspection station licensees, and self-inspector licensees in the county where motor vehicle emissions inspection requirements are removed by this section.The enactment of this section by 1999-328 provides for staggered amendments of subsection (c).