PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 278

(8)     Shall adopt a schedule for the emissions equipment and misfueling
inspections; and

(9)     Shall establish, under Title 2 of the Environment Article, emissions
standards to be used for the exhaust emissions tests and emissions equipment and
misfueling inspections of motor vehicles under this subtitle.

(d) (1) IN THIS SUBSECTION, "TRANSIENT MASS-EMISSION TESTING" MEANS
AN EXHAUST EMISSIONS TEST UTILIZING A DYNAMOMETER TREADMILL DEVICE
AND THE IM 240 DRIVING CYCLE REFERENCED UNDER 40 C.F.R. PART 51.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (c)(6) of this section or any other provision
of law, [during the period from January 1, 1995 through May 31, 1997,] the emissions
control program established under this subtitle may not require for any vehicle other than
a State-owned vehicle or, to the extent authorized by federal law, a federally-owned
vehicle:

(i) Transient mass-emission testing [using the IM 240 driving cycle
referenced under 40 C.F.R. Part 51];

(ii) An evaporative system integrity (pressure) test or an evaporative
system transient purge test that requires the disconnection or manipulation of any engine
component, including any hose or emissions equipment, that is located in the vehicle's
engine compartment;

(iii) Removal of the driver from a vehicle being tested or inspected; or

(iv) On-road testing.

[(2)] (3) (i) The Administration, in consultation with the Secretary, shall
[develop]:

1.        OFFER TO OWNERS OF VEHICLES SUBJECT TO THE
EMISSIONS CONTROL PROGRAM THE OPTION OF COMPLYING WITH THE EXHAUST
EMISSIONS TEST REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBTITLE BY VOLUNTARILY SUBMITTING
TO TRANSIENT MASS-EMISSION TESTING; AND

2.        DEVELOP and offer to owners of vehicles subject to the
emissions control program an incentive program designed to encourage voluntary
submission to [the test described in item (1)(i) of this subsection] TRANSIENT
MASS-EMISSION TESTING.

(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 23-205(a)(2) and subsection
(c)(1) of this section, the incentives offered under this paragraph may include reduced
test fees, flexible test schedules, the waiver of late fees, the reduction of expenditures
incurred for emissions related repairs necessary to obtain a waiver, and any other
cost-effective incentive that is consistent with State and federal law and is reasonably
expected by the Administration to increase the number of vehicles that undergo [the test
described in item (1)(i) of this subsection] TRANSIENT MASS-EMISSION TESTING.

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