Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program: testing.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on what constitutes 'low use' and the impact of the testing frequency changes on air quality or vehicle maintenance practices.

Heavy-Duty Vehicle Testing Program Changes

This law changes how often low-use heavy-duty vehicles need to be tested for pollution control.

What This Bill Does

• Limits the testing of nongasoline heavy-duty onroad motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating over 14,000 pounds that are considered low use to every two years instead of annually.
• Requires the State Air Resources Board to create rules and regulations for this new biennial testing schedule.

Who It Names or Affects

• Owners and operators of nongasoline heavy-duty onroad motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating over 14,000 pounds that are considered low use.

Terms To Know

Heavy-Duty Vehicle

A vehicle used for transportation or work purposes that has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of more than 14,000 pounds.

Low Use

Vehicles that are driven less frequently and meet specific criteria set by the State Air Resources Board.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what counts as 'low use' for these vehicles.
• It is unclear how this change will affect air quality or vehicle maintenance practices.

Official Summary Text

SB 1064, as amended, Dahle.
Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program:
biennial
testing.
Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution. Existing law requires the state board to develop and implement a Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program for nongasoline heavy-duty onroad motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 14,000 pounds. Existing law requires that the program include, among other things, test procedures for different motor vehicle model years and emissions control technologies that measure the effectiveness of the control of emissions of oxides of nitrogen and particulate matter. Existing law requires, as part of the program, the state board to develop a Heavy-Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Compliance Certificate. Existing law requires the state board to issue the certificate to the legal owner, registered
owner, or designee of a vehicle that, at the discretion of the state board, meets the requirements of the program so that vehicle owners and operators may easily demonstrate proof of compliance for specified purposes.
This bill would limit specified testing of all nongasoline heavy-duty onroad motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 14,000 pounds
that are considered low use, as defined
to not more frequently than
biennially.
annually.
The bill would require the state board to adopt rules and regulations to implement this provision.

Current Bill Text

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