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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 100                                 PRINTER'S NO.   130
                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                            SENATE BILL
                            No. 35
                                                    Session of
                                                      2025
     INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, VOGEL, J. WARD, BROOKS, PENNYCUICK,
        HUTCHINSON, BAKER, STEFANO AND CULVER, JANUARY 22, 2025
     SENATOR J. WARD, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, JANUARY 28, 2025
                                         AN ACT
 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
    Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for
    prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection program.
    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 hereby enacts as follows:
    Section 1.         Section 4706 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
 § 4706.    Prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection
                 program.
    * * *
    (h.1)    Revised State implementation plan.--
           (1)   Within 60 days of the effective date of this
    paragraph, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
    initiate the process of removing the following counties from
    the enhanced vehicle emission inspection and maintenance
    program:
                 (i)    A county of the third class with a population
           between 215,000 and 216,000 based on the most recent
      Federal decennial census.
           (ii)    A county of the third class with a population
      between 325,000 and 326,000 based on the most recent
      Federal decennial census.
           (iii)    A county of the third class with a population
      between 354,000 and 355,000 based on the most recent
      Federal decennial census.
           (iv)    A county of the fourth class with a population
      between 133,000 and 134,000 based on the most recent
      Federal decennial census.
           (v)    A county of the fifth class with a population
      between 122,000 and 123,000 based on the most recent
      Federal decennial census.
           (vi)    A county of the fifth class with a population
      between 114,000 and 115,000 based on the most recent
      Federal decennial census.
           (vii)    A county of the fifth class with a population
      between 110,000 and 111,000 based on the most recent
      Federal decennial census.
      (1.1)     FOR A COUNTY THAT IS NOT REMOVED FROM THE ENHANCED <--
  VEHICLE EMISSION INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THROUGH
  THE PROCESS INITIATED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) AND PRIOR TO THE
  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH WAS SUBJECT TO THE ENHANCED
  VEHICLE EMISSION INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, THE
  DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SHALL INITIATE THE
  PROCESS OF REMOVING THE COUNTY FROM THE ENHANCED VEHICLE
  EMISSION INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IF THE DEPARTMENT
  OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THE COUNTY
  CAN MAINTAIN THE RELEVANT STANDARDS WITHOUT BENEFIT OF THE
  EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE VEHICLE EMISSION
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  INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
      (2)   The revised State implementation plan shall be
  completed and submitted to the United States Environmental
  Protection Agency no later than January 1, 2026, and shall
  demonstrate that the counties listed under paragraph (1) can
  maintain the relevant standards without benefit of the
  emissions reductions attributable to the vehicle emission
  inspection and maintenance program.
      (2.1)     IN ADDITION TO THE REVISED STATE IMPLEMENTATION      <--
  PLAN SUBMITTED UNDER PARAGRAPH (2), THE DEPARTMENT OF
  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SHALL COMPLETE AND SUBMIT A REVISED
  STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN NO LATER THAN 180 DAYS AFTER
  INITIATING THE PROCESS UNDER PARAGRAPH (1.1).
      (3)     The Department of Environmental Protection shall
  comply with Federal law during the process of the revision         <--
  REVISIONS, including by ensuring that the revision REVISIONS       <--
  will not interfere with attainment requirements or reasonable
  further progress toward attainment, and that Federal funding
  is not negatively impacted as a result of the revision             <--
  REVISIONS.                                                         <--
      (4)   The Department of Environmental Protection shall
  notify the following of its submission of the A revised State <--
  implementation plan, AS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED UNDER THIS        <--
  SUBSECTION, to the United States Environmental Protection
  Agency:
            (i)    The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
      Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the
      Senate.
            (ii)   The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
      Environmental Resources and Energy AND NATURAL RESOURCE        <--
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      PROTECTION Committee of the House of Representatives.
            (iii)   The chairperson and minority chairperson of
      the Transportation Committee of the Senate.
            (iv)    The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
      Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives.
      (5)   Upon approval by the United States Environmental
  Protection Agency of the A revised State implementation plan, <--
  the Secretary of Environmental Protection shall transmit
  notice of the approval to the Legislative Reference Bureau
  for publication in the next available issue of the
  Pennsylvania Bulletin.
  * * *
  Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected: 
Printer's No. 0100: 75-4706
Printer's No. 0130: 75-4706