46.2-1179 - Board to adopt emissions standards. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1179. Board to adopt emissions standards.

A. The Board shall adopt emissions standards necessary to implement theemissions inspection program provided for in this article. Such standardsshall include specifications and criteria that will enable the identificationof vehicles whose emissions so far exceed those permissible under thisarticle as to qualify them as "gross violators," and enable the expeditedidentification of such vehicles through on-road testing pursuant to §46.2-1178.1.

B. The Board shall establish separate and distinct emissions standardsapplicable to on-road testing of motor vehicles pursuant to § 46.2-1178.1.Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this article, except for any motorvehicle registered as an antique motor vehicle, such criteria shall beapplicable to all motor vehicles manufactured for the 1968 model year or anymore recent model year, with criteria for each model year being appropriateto that model year.

(1980, c. 469, § 46.1-326.5; 1989, c. 727; 1993, cc. 995, 998; 1993, Sp.Sess., c. 2; 1995, cc. 836, 851; 2002, c. 710.)