Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Vermont Senate Bill S0103 Compare Versions

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1	1	BILL AS INTRODUCED S.103
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6	6	S.103 1
7	7	Introduced by Senators Douglass, Baruth, Beck, Bongartz, Brennan, 2
8	8	Chittenden, Collamore, Cummings, Gulick, Hardy, Hart, 3
9	9	Heffernan, Lyons, Major, Mattos, Norris, Perchlik, Plunkett and 4
10	10	Williams 5
11	11	Referred to Committee on 6
12	12	Date: 7
13	13	Subject: Motor vehicles; equipment; inspection; inspection manual 8
14	14	Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require the 9
15	15	Department of Motor Vehicles to update the Periodic Inspection Manual to 10
16	16	clarify that rust, corrosion, or torn metal on a vehicle body, frame, component, 11
17	17	or part that is cosmetic in nature and does not materially diminish the structural 12
18	18	integrity of the vehicle or pose a danger shall not be grounds for a vehicle to 13
19	19	fail its annual inspection. 14
20	20	An act relating to updating the Periodic Inspection Manual 15
21	21	It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 16
22	22	Sec. 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT; VEHICLE RUST 17
23	23	It is the intent of the General Assembly that rust, corrosion, or torn metal on 18
24	24	a motor vehicle body, frame, component, or part that is cosmetic in nature and 19
25	25	does not materially diminish the structural integrity of the vehicle or pose a 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED S.103
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30	30	material danger to the individual operating the motor vehicle, any passengers 1
31	31	in the motor vehicle, or other highway users shall not cause the vehicle to fail 2
32	32	the annual safety inspection required pursuant to 23 V.S.A. § 1222. 3
33	33	Sec. 2. RULEMAKING; PERIODIC INSPECTION MANUAL; VEHICLE 4
34	34	RUST; OUTREACH 5
35	35	(a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall, unless extended by the 6
36	36	Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, adopt amendments to 7
37	37	Department of Motor Vehicles, Inspection of Motor Vehicles (CVR 14-050-8
38	38	022) consistent with the legislative intent in Sec. 1 of this act to be effective on 9
39	39	or before January 1, 2026. The amendments shall: 10
40	40	(1) specifically address the difference between: 11
41	41	(A) rust, corrosion, or torn metal on a motor vehicle body, frame, 12
42	42	component, or part that materially diminishes the structural integrity of the 13
43	43	vehicle or poses a material danger to the individual operating the motor 14
44	44	vehicle, any passengers in the motor vehicle, or other highway users; and 15
45	45	(B) rust, corrosion, or torn metal on a motor vehicle body, frame, 16
46	46	component, or part that is cosmetic in nature and does not materially diminish 17
47	47	the structural integrity of the vehicle or pose a material danger to the individual 18
48	48	operating the motor vehicle, any passengers in the motor vehicle, or other 19
49	49	highway users; and 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED S.103
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54	54	(2) provide clear graphical examples of how to determine if rust, 1
55	55	corrosion, or torn metal on a motor vehicle body, frame, component, or part is 2
56	56	significant enough to materially diminish the structural integrity of the vehicle 3
57	57	or pose a material danger to the individual operating the motor vehicle, any 4
58	58	passengers in the motor vehicle, or other highway users. 5
59	59	(b) On or before January 1, 2026, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall 6
60	60	issue an administrative bulletin to all inspection mechanics certified by the 7
61	61	Commissioner of Motor Vehicles that: 8
62	62	(1) details the amendments to the Periodic Inspection Manual adopted 9
63	63	pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; 10
64	64	(2) explains the difference between: 11
65	65	(A) rust, corrosion, or torn metal on a motor vehicle body, frame, 12
66	66	component, or part that materially diminishes the structural integrity of the 13
67	67	vehicle or poses a material danger to the individual operating the motor 14
68	68	vehicle, any passengers in the motor vehicle, or other highway users; and 15
69	69	(B) rust, corrosion, or torn metal on a motor vehicle body, frame, 16
70	70	component, or part that is cosmetic in nature and does not materially diminish 17
71	71	the structural integrity of the vehicle or pose a material danger to the individual 18
72	72	operating the motor vehicle, any passengers in the motor vehicle, or other 19
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78	78	(3) provides information that an inspection mechanic shall provide to 1
79	79	the owner of a vehicle that fails inspection because of rust, corrosion, or torn 2
80	80	metal on the vehicle body, frame, component, or part. 3
81	81	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 4
82	82	This act shall take effect on passage. 5