PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 278

doing everything we can to help all citizens, especially our children, and our children's
children, reach their potential.

Finally, the problems and frustrations drivers have experienced with long lines and
inconvenience are unacceptable and will not be tolerated. With the implementation of
mandatory testing, we will demand that the test works properly, and that our drivers are
treated respectfully.

For all of the above reasons, I have vetoed Senate Bill 278.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

Senate Bill No. 278

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Voluntary Dynamometer Testing

FOR the purpose of providing that a certain minimum expenditure on emissions related
vehicle repairs will qualify the vehicle owner for a waiver from certain vehicle
exhaust emissions retests under the State's emissions control program; requiring the
Motor Vehicle Administration to offer to owners of vehicles subject to testing under
the State's emissions control program the option to voluntarily submit their vehicles
to transient mass-emission testing utilizing a dynamometer and the IM240 drive
cycle; defining a certain term; making certain technical changes; providing for the
effective date of this Act; and generally relating to the Vehicle Emissions Inspection
Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 23-202
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

23-202.

(a) (1) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the Administration and the
Secretary shall establish an emissions control program in the State in accordance with the
federal Clean Air Act.

(2) The program shall remain in effect only as long as required by federal
law.

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