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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS | |
INSPECTION PROGRAM | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Cortvriend, Tanzi, Speakman, McGaw, Handy, Spears, | |
Date Introduced: March 03, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 31-47.1 of the General Laws entitled "Motor Vehicle Emissions |
2 | Inspection Program" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 31-47.1-12. Advanced motor vehicle emission standards. |
4 | (a) The department of environmental management shall adopt motor vehicle emissions |
5 | standards based on California's duly promulgated motor vehicle emissions standards, unless, after |
6 | a public hearing, the department establishes, based on substantial evidence, emissions standards |
7 | and a compliance program similar to the state of California's will not achieve, in the aggregate, |
8 | greater motor vehicle pollution reductions than the federal standards and compliance program as |
9 | required in § 31-47.1-1(a) for any such model year. The department shall publicly issue detailed |
10 | written findings before and after holding a public hearing pursuant to this section and said hearing |
11 | shall be subject to the provisions for public meetings contained in chapter 46 of title 42 ("open |
12 | meetings"). A decision not to adopt said standards shall apply as long as the federal standards and |
13 | the standards of the state of California do not change. |
14 | (b) The department shall promulgate regulations to ensure maximum motor vehicle |
15 | pollution reductions pursuant to the provisions of this section within one calendar year of the |
16 | adoption of the advanced emission standards of the state of California. |
17 | (c) The provisions of this section are intended as minimum requirements of the state's |
18 | motor vehicle emissions program and shall not limit the department's authority to adopt and |
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1 | implement the stricter air quality regulations allowed under any other federal and state law. |
2 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS | |
INSPECTION PROGRAM | |
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1 | This act would require the department of environmental management to adopt motor |
2 | vehicle emissions standards based on California's promulgated standards; provided that, the |
3 | California standards achieve greater motor vehicle pollution reductions than the federal standards |
4 | as required by § 31-47.1-1(a). |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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