Existing law requires the State Environmental Commission, in cooperation with the Department of Motor Vehicles and any local air pollution control agency, to adopt regulations for the control of emissions from motor vehicles in areas designated by the Commission that are in any county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties). (NRS 445B.770) Existing law further requires that certain vehicles which require inspection pursuant to such regulations have evidence of compliance upon registration or reregistration. (NRS 445B.795)
Section 1 of this bill requires the Commission, when prescribing regulations for the control of emissions from motor vehicles in certain areas, to provide for the biennial inspection and testing of motor vehicles and systems for the control of emissions.
Existing law provides that a new motor vehicle is exempt from compliance with certain provisions governing the controls of emissions from a motor vehicle which is being operated on a highway until the fourth registration of the motor vehicle. (NRS 445B.825) Notwithstanding such an exemption, existing law: (1) authorizes the Department, in a county whose population is 100,000 or more (currently Clark and Washoe Counties), to conduct a test of the emissions from such a motor vehicle to determine whether the vehicle complies with such provisions; and (2) requires the Department, if the Department conducts such a test, to conduct the test to determine whether the motor vehicle complies with such provisions annually after the fourth registration of the motor vehicle. (NRS 445B.798, 445B.825) Section 2 of this bill instead requires such tests to be conducted biennially after the fourth registration of the vehicle.