| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED S.105 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #381115 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | S.105 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Senators Douglass, Baruth, Beck, Brock, Collamore, 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Cummings, Gulick, Hart, Heffernan, Lyons, Major, Mattos and 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Williams 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Date: 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Subject: Motor vehicles; operation of vehicles; inspections; new motor 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | vehicles; trailers 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to provide that 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | motor vehicles weighing 5,000 pounds or less that are less than two years old 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | are exempt from inspections and to exempt all trailers and semi-trailers from 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | inspections. 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | An act relating to exemptions from vehicle inspections 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 1. 23 V.S.A. § 1222 is amended to read: 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | § 1222. INSPECTION OF REGISTERED VEHICLES 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | and for school buses, which shall be inspected as prescribed in section 1282 of 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | this title, and motor buses as defined in subdivision 4(17) of this title, which 19 |
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| 25 | 25 | | shall be inspected twice during the calendar year at six-month intervals, all 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED S.105 |
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| 30 | 30 | | motor vehicles registered in this State shall undergo a safety and visual 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | emissions inspection once each year and all motor vehicles that are registered 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | in this State and are 16 model years old or less shall undergo an emissions or 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | on board diagnostic (OBD) systems inspection once each year as applicable. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Any 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | any motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer not currently inspected in this State 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | shall be inspected within 15 days following the date of its registration in the 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | State of Vermont. 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3)(A) Notwithstanding subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection (a), a 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 5,000 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | pounds shall not be required to be inspected pursuant to the provisions of this 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | section until after 24 months have elapsed since the date of the vehicle’s 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | manufacture. 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (B) All trailers and semi-trailers shall be exempt from inspection 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | pursuant to the provisions of this section. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | * * * 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, an 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | exhibition vehicle of model year 1940 or before registered as prescribed in 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | section 373 of this title or a trailer registered as prescribed in subdivision 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 371(a)(1)(A) of this title shall be exempt from inspection; provided, however, 21 BILL AS INTRODUCED S.105 |
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| 54 | 54 | | VT LEG #381115 v.1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | the vehicle must be equipped as originally manufactured, must be in good 1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | mechanical condition, and must meet the applicable standards of the inspection 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | manual. 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | * * * 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Sec. 2. 23 V.S.A. § 1223 is amended to read: 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | § 1223. PROHIBITIONS 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | A person shall not affix or cause to be affixed to a motor vehicle, trailer, or 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | semi-trailer a certification of inspection that was not assigned by an official 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | inspection station to such motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer. No person 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | shall reaffix or cause to be reaffixed an official sticker once removed; instead, 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | replacement stickers shall be affixed as prescribed by the rules for replacement 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | sticker agents. A person shall not knowingly operate a motor vehicle, trailer, 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | or semi-trailer to which a certification of inspection is affixed if the 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | certification of inspection was not assigned by an official station to that 14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer. 15 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Sec. 3. 23 V.S.A. § 4(61) is amended to read: 16 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (61) “Storage trailer” means any regularly manufactured box type trailer 17 |
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| 72 | 72 | | that has been removed from normal over-the-highway service and is used 18 |
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| 73 | 73 | | solely for the storage of commodities at a fixed site for extended periods of 19 |
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| 74 | 74 | | time. When a storage trailer is moved over the public highways, it shall not 20 |
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| 75 | 75 | | contain cargo weighing more than 2,000 pounds and shall be properly 21 BILL AS INTRODUCED S.105 |
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| 80 | 80 | | equipped, and in good mechanical condition, and inspectable under the 1 |
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| 81 | 81 | | provisions of section 1222 of this title, except that storage trailers need not 2 |
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| 82 | 82 | | display an inspection sticker. 3 |
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| 83 | 83 | | Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE 4 |
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| 84 | 84 | | This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 5 |
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