Chapter
05-046
2005 -- H 5359 AS AMENDED
Enacted 06/16/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -
INSPECTIONS
Introduced By: Representatives San Bento, Kennedy, and Shanley
Date
Introduced: February 08, 2005
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 31-38-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-38 entitled
"Inspection
of
Motor Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:
31-38-4.
Director of department of administration to require periodic inspection. --
(a) (1)
The director of administration shall at least once each year, but not more
frequently than
twice
each year, or on the schedule defined pursuant to chapter 47.1 of this title
require that every
vehicle,
trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer registered in this state or upon a
retail seller's premise,
be
inspected and that an official certificate of inspection and approval be
obtained for the vehicle,
provided,
that the director of administration shall require the first inspection of any
new motor
vehicle
within two (2) years from the date of purchase or before the vehicle
accumulates twenty-
four
thousand (24,000) miles whichever occurs first.
(2) The inspections shall be made and the certificates obtained with respect to
the
mechanism,
brakes, and equipment of the vehicle as shall be designated by the director of
department
of administration.
(3) The director of the department of administration is authorized to make
necessary
rules
and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this chapter
including, but not
limited
to, upgraded standards of operation and standards for mechanical testing
equipment, and
to
designate any period or periods of time during which sellers at retail and
owners of any
vehicles,
subject to this chapter, shall display upon the vehicles certificates of
inspection and
approval,
or shall produce these certificates upon demand of any proper officer or
employee of
the
department of administration designated by the director of the department of
administration.
In
addition, the director shall require each inspection facility to file a copy of
their active garage
keeper's
legal liability insurance policy and maintain a minimum of twenty-five thousand
dollars
($25,000)
liability coverage. Said coverage shall be purchased for the purpose of
insuring against
any
damage sustained to a vehicle while under the control of the inspection
facility.
(b) The director of the department of administration may authorize the
acceptance in this
state of
a certificate of inspection and approval issued in another state having an
inspection law
similar
to this chapter, and may extend the time within which a certificate shall be
obtained.
(c) The director of the department of administration, or the director's
designee, may
suspend
the registration of any vehicle which he or she determines is in such unsafe
condition as
to
constitute a menace to safety, or which, after notice and demand, is not
equipped as required in
this
chapter or for which a required certificate of inspection and approval has not
been obtained.
(d) The director of the department of administration shall provide for a
staggered
inspection
system by regulations.
(e) Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in section
31-41.1-4.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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LC01365
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