PRINTER'S NO. 570
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 562
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, BROOKS, VOGEL, HUTCHINSON, J. WARD,
PENNYCUICK, STEFANO AND BAKER, MARCH 28, 2023
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 28, 2023
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for
3 prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection program.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4706 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 4706. Prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection
9 program.
10 * * *
11 (h.1) Revised State implementation plan.--
12 (1) Within 60 days of the effective date of this
13 paragraph, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
14 initiate the process of removing the following counties from
15 the enhanced vehicle emission inspection and maintenance
16 program:
17 (i) A county of the third class with a population
18 between 215,000 and 216,000 based on the most recent
 1 Federal decennial census.
2 (ii) A county of the third class with a population
3 between 325,000 and 326,000 based on the most recent
4 Federal decennial census.
5 (iii) A county of the third class with a population
6 between 354,000 and 355,000 based on the most recent
7 Federal decennial census.
8 (iv) A county of the fourth class with a population
9 between 133,000 and 134,000 based on the most recent
10 Federal decennial census.
11 (v) A county of the fifth class with a population
12 between 122,000 and 123,000 based on the most recent
13 Federal decennial census.
14 (vi) A county of the fifth class with a population
15 between 114,000 and 115,000 based on the most recent
16 Federal decennial census.
17 (vii) A county of the fifth class with a population
18 between 110,000 and 111,000 based on the most recent
19 Federal decennial census.
20 (2) The revised State implementation plan shall be
21 completed and submitted to the United States Environmental
22 Protection Agency no later than January 1, 2024, and shall
23 convincingly demonstrate that the counties listed under
24 paragraph (1) can maintain the relevant standards without
25 benefit of the emissions reductions attributable to the
26 vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program.
27 (3) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
28 comply with Federal law during the process of the revision,
29 including by ensuring that the revision will not interfere
30 with attainment requirements or reasonable further progress
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 1 toward attainment, and that Federal funding is not negatively
2 impacted as a result of the revision.
3 (4) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
4 notify the following of its submission of the revised State
5 implementation plan to the United States Environmental
6 Protection Agency:
7 (i) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
8 Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the
9 Senate.
10 (ii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
11 Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the House
12 of Representatives.
13 (iii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of
14 the Transportation Committee of the Senate.
15 (iv) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
16 Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives.
17 (5) Upon approval by the United States Environmental
18 Protection Agency of the revised State implementation plan,
19 the Secretary of Environmental Protection shall transmit
20 notice of the approval to the Legislative Reference Bureau
21 for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
22 * * *
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 0570: 75-4706