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1S.262
2 Introduced by Senator Perchlik
3 Referred to Committee on
4 Date:
5 Subject: Motor vehicles; operation of vehicles; equipment; inspections
6 Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to exempt cars
7 and light trucks from annual safety and emissions inspections, to maintain
8 annual safety and emissions inspection requirements for trucks with a gross
9 vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more, and to require used motor
10 vehicles sold by a dealer to be inspected prior to sale.
11    An act relating to motor vehicle inspections
12 It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
13 Sec. 1. 23 V.S.A. § 1222 is amended to read:
14 § 1222. INSPECTION OF REGISTERED VEHICLES
15    (a)(1) Except for school buses, which shall be inspected as prescribed in
16 section 1282 of this title, and motor buses as defined in subdivision 4(17) of
17 this title, which shall be inspected twice during the calendar year at six-month
18 intervals, all motor vehicles registered in this State with a gross vehicle weight
19 rating of 10,000 pounds or more shall undergo a safety and visual emissions
20 inspection once each year and all motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight
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1 rating of 10,000 pounds or more that are registered in this State and are
2 16 model years old or less shall undergo an emissions or on board diagnostic
3 (OBD) systems inspection once each year as applicable.
4(2) Any motor vehicle, required to be inspected pursuant to subdivision
5 (1) of this subsection (a) or any trailer, or semi-trailer not currently inspected
6 in this State shall be inspected within 15 days following the date of its
7 registration in the State of Vermont.
8(3) A used motor vehicle offered for sale by a dealer shall undergo a
9 safety and visual emissions inspection prior to being sold, and a used vehicle
10 offered for sale by a dealer that is 16 model years old or less shall undergo an
11 emissions or on board diagnostic (OBD) systems inspection prior to being
12 sold.
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14 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE
15    This act shall take effect on July 1, 2027.
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