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325.2135  Motor vehicle emissions inspection program; contracts; fees.--The department may extend the current emissions inspection program contracts for a period of time sufficient to implement new contracts resulting from competitive proposals, and shall enter into and implement one or more contracts by June 30, 2000, for a biennial inspection program for vehicles, except the current model year and the two prior model years, using the basic test for hydrocarbon emissions and carbon monoxide emissions. The requirements for the program included in the proposals must be based on the requirements under this chapter unless those requirements conflict with this section. No contract entered into under this subsection may be for longer than 7 years. Any contract authorized under this section must contain a provision that, after 4 years, the department reserves the right to cancel the contract upon 6 months' notice to the contractor. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 325.214, the fee for motor vehicle inspection proposed by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may not exceed $19 per inspection.

History.--s. 1, ch. 98-254; s. 13, ch. 99-7; s. 50, ch. 99-248.