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90_SB1201

      625 ILCS 5/13A-110        from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 13A-110
      625 ILCS 5/13B-48 new
          Amends the Emission Inspection Chapters of  the  Illinois
      Vehicle Code to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency
      to  allow  gas  stations  to operate private official vehicle
      emission inspection stations in accordance with Agency  rules
      and procedures.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
 2    Section 13A-110 and adding Section 13B-48.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Vehicle  Code  is amended by
 6    changing  Section  13A-110  and  adding  Section  13B-48   as
 7    follows:
 8        (625 ILCS 5/13A-110) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 13A-110)
 9        Sec. 13A-110.  Special official inspection stations.
10        (a)  Owners and operators of groups of vehicles which are
11    or  will  be  subject  to  inspection under this Chapter, and
12    owners and operators of businesses primarily engaged  in  the
13    sale of new or used vehicles, may be authorized by the Agency
14    to establish and operate private official inspection stations
15    limited  to the inspection and certification of their own and
16    their franchisees' vehicles, pursuant to rules and procedures
17    which shall be promulgated by the  Agency.   Such  rules  may
18    require  that  the  operator of a private official inspection
19    station  agree  (1)  to  purchase  and   maintain   specified
20    equipment, (2) to provide Agency personnel reasonable  access
21    to  the  inspection  equipment  and  premises,  the  relevant
22    documentation,  and  the  inspected  vehicles  themselves for
23    periodic verification and assessment of inspections performed
24    at such station, and (3) to comply with such other conditions
25    as the Agency may impose.
26        (b)  Official  testing  stations  authorized  to  perform
27    safety tests under Chapter 13 of this Code may be  authorized
28    by the Agency to operate official inspection stations limited
29    to  the  inspection  and  certification of vehicles for which
30    safety tests are required, pursuant to rules  and  procedures
31    which  shall  be  promulgated  by the Agency.  Such rules may
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 1    require that the operator of any official inspection  station
 2    authorized  under  this  subsection agree (1) to purchase and
 3    maintain specified equipment, (2) to provide Agency personnel
 4    reasonable access to the inspection equipment, the inspection
 5    premises and all  relevant  documentation  for  the  periodic
 6    verification  and assessment of inspections performed at such
 7    station, and (3) to comply with such other conditions as  the
 8    Agency may impose.
 9        (c)  The   Agency  may  allow  owners  and  operators  of
10    businesses primarily engaged in the sale and distribution  of
11    motor   fuel   to  establish  and  operate  private  official
12    inspection stations pursuant to rules and procedures  adopted
13    by the Agency.  The rules and procedures may require that the
14    operator  of  a private official inspection station agree (1)
15    to purchase and maintain specified equipment, (2) to  provide
16    Agency   personnel   reasonable   access  to  the  inspection
17    equipment and premises and to the relevant documentation  for
18    the  periodic  verification  and  assessment  of  inspections
19    performed  at  the  place of business, and (3) to comply with
20    other conditions imposed by the Agency.
21    (Source: P.A. 83-1477.)
22        (625 ILCS 5/13B-48 new)
23        Sec. 13B-48.  Private official inspection  stations.  The
24    Agency may allow owners and operators of businesses primarily
25    engaged  in  the  sale  and  distribution  of  motor  fuel to
26    establish and operate private  official  inspection  stations
27    pursuant  to rules and procedures adopted by the Agency.  The
28    rules and procedures may  require  that  the  operator  of  a
29    private official inspection station agree (1) to purchase and
30    maintain specified equipment, (2) to provide Agency personnel
31    reasonable  access  to  the inspection equipment and premises
32    and  to  the  relevant   documentation   for   the   periodic
33    verification  and  assessment of inspections performed at the
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 1    place of business, and (3) to comply  with  other  conditions
 2    imposed by the Agency.
 3        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 4    becoming law.

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