PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 669

(2)     ALLOW A CERTIFIED REPAIR FACILITY TO RETEST VEHICLES IF
APPROVED FOR THAT PURPOSE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT;

(3)     REQUIRE THE INITIAL EXHAUST EMISSIONS TEST AND EMISSIONS
EQUIPMENT AND MISFUELING INSPECTION IN EACH BIENNIAL TEST CYCLE TO BE
PERFORMED AT A CENTRALIZED INSPECTION FACILITY;

(4)     ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR TESTING EQUIPMENT, PROCEDURES, AND
REPORTING OF RETESTS FOR APPROVED CERTIFIED REPAIR FACILITIES;

(5)     PROVIDE FOR THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR DENIAL OF
RENEWAL OF APPROVAL FOR A CERTIFIED REPAIR FACILITY TO PERFORM RETESTS
IF THE SECRETARY, OR THE SECRETARY'S DESIGNEE, DETERMINES THAT THE
FACILITY HAS PERFORMED FRAUDULENT RETESTS OR IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION; AND

(6)     ESTABLISH A REASONABLE FEE FOR APPROVAL OF A CERTIFIED
REPAIR FACILITY TO PERFORM RETESTS, COVERING THE COSTS OF THE APPROVALS
AND OVERSIGHT OF THE DECENTRALIZED RETESTING PROGRAM.

[(c)](F) (1) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Delegates shall appoint a special committee composed of 3 Senators and 3 Delegates who
shall regularly consult with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the
Environment on the administration of the emissions control program and any contract in
accordance with the terms of these provisions.

(2) The special committee shall regularly report to the Legislative Policy
Committee of the Maryland General Assembly on the administration of the emissions
control program and any contract awarded in accordance with the provisions of this
section.

23-204.

The facilities established OR APPROVED under § 23-203 of this subtitle shall
conduct the exhaust emissions tests and emissions equipment and misfueling inspections
of motor vehicles to determine whether each vehicle complies with emissions standards
established under this subtitle for that vehicle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

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