| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT INCREASING THE FEE FOR PERFORMING A VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION. 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 20-183.7 reads as rewritten: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | "§ 20-183.7. Fees for performing an inspection and issuing an electronic inspection 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | authorization to a vehicle; use of civil penalties. 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | (a) Fee Amount. – When a fee applies to an inspection of a vehicle or the issuance of an 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | electronic inspection authorization, the fee must be collected. The following fees apply to an 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | inspection of a vehicle and the issuance of an electronic inspection authorization: 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | Type Inspection Authorization 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | Safety Only $12.75$29.15 $ .85 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | Emissions and Safety 23.7540.15 6.25. 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | The fee for performing an inspection of a vehicle applies when an inspection is performed, 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | regardless of whether the vehicle passes the inspection. The fee for an electronic inspection 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | authorization applies when an electronic inspection authorization is issued to a vehicle. The fee 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | for inspecting after-factory tinted windows shall be ten dollars ($10.00), and the fee applies only 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | to an inspection performed with a light meter after a safety inspection mechanic determined that 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | the window had after-factory tint. A safety inspection mechanic shall not inspect an after-factory 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | tinted window of a vehicle for which the Division has issued a medical exception permit pursuant 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | to G.S. 20-127(f). 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | A vehicle that is inspected at an inspection station and fails the inspection is entitled to be 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | reinspected at the same station at any time within 60 days of the failed inspection without paying 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | another inspection fee. 23 |
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| 35 | 36 | | The inspection fee for an emissions and safety inspection set out in this subsection is the 24 |
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| 36 | 37 | | maximum amount that an inspection station or an inspection mechanic may charge for an 25 |
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| 37 | 38 | | emissions and safety inspection of a vehicle. An inspection station or an inspection mechanic 26 |
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| 38 | 39 | | may charge the maximum amount or any lesser amount for an emissions and safety inspection 27 |
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| 39 | 40 | | of a vehicle. The inspection fee for a safety only inspection set out in this subsection may not be 28 |
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| 40 | 41 | | increased or decreased. The authorization fees set out in this subsection may not be increased or 29 |
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| 41 | 42 | | decreased. 30 |
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| 42 | 43 | | …." 31 |
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| 43 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025. 32 |
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