The Florida Senate

325.206  Exhaust emissions inspection criteria; rules.--

(1)  The Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt rules to establish, periodically evaluate, and revise the uniform standards and criteria for the inspection of exhaust emissions, including maximum allowable emissions levels and emission capacity standards to be used in motor vehicle inspection stations. Such standards and criteria shall include, but are not limited to, exhaust emissions testing and inspection procedures and the development of inspection pass or fail criteria. Standards may vary by size, class, type, and year of each motor vehicle engine and may not be more stringent than those required by federal law at the time of the manufacture of the motor vehicle. In establishing standards and criteria, the Department of Environmental Protection shall give consideration to levels of emissions reduction that are necessary to achieve applicable federal and state air quality standards.

(2)  The Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt rules establishing the test procedures and test equipment to be used for the emissions inspection. Test procedures shall be capable of being conducted by the motor vehicle repair industry for purposes of pass or fail criteria of the emissions inspection. Test equipment used in the emissions inspection or comparable equipment shall be available to the motor vehicle repair industry in the open market.

(3)  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall enforce and administer the rules, standards, and criteria provided for in this section.

History.--s. 6, ch. 88-129; s. 7, ch. 89-212; s. 144, ch. 94-356.