§ 20-183.8A. Civil penalties against motorists for emissions violations; waiver.

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(a)Civil Penalties. - The Division must assess a civil penalty against a person who owns or leases a vehicle that is subject to an inspection and who engages in any of the emissions violations set out in this subsection. As provided in G.S. 20-54, the registration of a vehicle may not be renewed until a penalty imposed under this subsection has been paid. The civil penalties and violations are as follows:

(1)Fifty dollars ($50.00) for failure to have the vehicle inspected within four months after it is required to be inspected under this Part.

(2)Two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for instructing or allowing a person to tamper with an emission control device of the vehicle so as to make the device inoperative or fail to work properly.

(3)Two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for incorrectly stating the vehicle's county of registration to avoid having an emissions inspection of the vehicle.

(b)Waiver. - The Division must waive the civil penalty assessed under subdivision (a)(1) of this section against a person who establishes the following:

(1)The person was continuously out of the State on active military duty from the date the electronic authorization expired to the date the four-month grace period expired.

(2)No person operated the vehicle from the date the electronic authorization expired to the date the four-month grace period expired.

(3)The person obtained a current electronic authorization within 30 days after returning to the State. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 754, ss. 1, 8; 1998-212, s. 27.6(b); 2007-364, ss. 3, 4; 2007-503, s. 15; 2009-319, s. 4.)