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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 6055 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001887 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO MOTOR AN D OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS |
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| 16 | 16 | | INSPECTION PROGRAM |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives Cortvriend, Tanzi, Speakman, McGaw, Handy, Spears, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Potter, and Carson |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: March 03, 2023 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 31-47.1 of the General Laws entitled "Motor Vehicle Emissions 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Inspection Program" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 31-47.1-12. Advanced motor vehicle emission standards. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) The department of environmental management shall adopt motor vehicle emissions 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | standards based on California's duly promulgated motor vehicle emissions standards, unless, after 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | a public hearing, the department establishes, based on substantial evidence, emissions standards 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and a compliance program similar to the state of California's will not achieve, in the aggregate, 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | greater motor vehicle pollution reductions than the federal standards and compliance program as 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | required in § 31-47.1-1(a) for any such model year. The department shall publicly issue detailed 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | written findings before and after holding a public hearing pursuant to this section and said hearing 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | shall be subject to the provisions for public meetings contained in chapter 46 of title 42 ("open 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | meetings"). A decision not to adopt said standards shall apply as long as the federal standards and 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the standards of the state of California do not change. 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) The department shall promulgate regulations to ensure maximum motor vehicle 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | pollution reductions pursuant to the provisions of this section within one calendar year of the 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | adoption of the advanced emission standards of the state of California. 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (c) The provisions of this section are intended as minimum requirements of the state's 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | motor vehicle emissions program and shall not limit the department's authority to adopt and 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | implement the stricter air quality regulations allowed under any other federal and state law. 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 54 | 54 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 55 | 55 | | OF |
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| 56 | 56 | | A N A C T |
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| 57 | 57 | | RELATING TO MOTOR AN D OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS |
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| 58 | 58 | | INSPECTION PROGRAM |
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| 59 | 59 | | *** |
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| 60 | 60 | | This act would require the department of environmental management to adopt motor 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | vehicle emissions standards based on California's promulgated standards; provided that, the 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | California standards achieve greater motor vehicle pollution reductions than the federal standards 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | as required by § 31-47.1-1(a). 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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