GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 192
Short Title: Increase Vehicle Safety Inspection Fee. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Burgin (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
February 27, 2025
*S192 -v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT INCREASING THE FEE FOR PERFORMING A VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-183.7 reads as rewritten: 4
"§ 20-183.7. Fees for performing an inspection and issuing an electronic inspection 5
authorization to a vehicle; use of civil penalties. 6
(a) Fee Amount. – When a fee applies to an inspection of a vehicle or the issuance of an 7
electronic inspection authorization, the fee must be collected. The following fees apply to an 8
inspection of a vehicle and the issuance of an electronic inspection authorization: 9
Type Inspection Authorization 10
Safety Only $12.75$29.15 $ .85 11
Emissions and Safety 23.7540.15 6.25. 12
The fee for performing an inspection of a vehicle applies when an inspection is performed, 13
regardless of whether the vehicle passes the inspection. The fee for an electronic inspection 14
authorization applies when an electronic inspection authorization is issued to a vehicle. The fee 15
for inspecting after-factory tinted windows shall be ten dollars ($10.00), and the fee applies only 16
to an inspection performed with a light meter after a safety inspection mechanic determined that 17
the window had after-factory tint. A safety inspection mechanic shall not inspect an after-factory 18
tinted window of a vehicle for which the Division has issued a medical exception permit pursuant 19
to G.S. 20-127(f). 20
A vehicle that is inspected at an inspection station and fails the inspection is entitled to be 21
reinspected at the same station at any time within 60 days of the failed inspection without paying 22
another inspection fee. 23
The inspection fee for an emissions and safety inspection set out in this subsection is the 24
maximum amount that an inspection station or an inspection mechanic may charge for an 25
emissions and safety inspection of a vehicle. An inspection station or an inspection mechanic 26
may charge the maximum amount or any lesser amount for an emissions and safety inspection 27
of a vehicle. The inspection fee for a safety only inspection set out in this subsection may not be 28
increased or decreased. The authorization fees set out in this subsection may not be increased or 29
decreased. 30
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SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025. 32