emissions testing;
motorcycles
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Committee on Transportation |
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Committee on Environment |
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Caucus and COW |
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Third Read |
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As Passed the House |
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HB 2501 exempts motorcycles from emissions inspections.
The Transportation
Committee adopted a strike everything amendment to HB 2501 requiring the
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to contact EPA and request an
emissions testing exemption for motorcycles and collectible vehicles from the
state implementation plan (SIP) or maintenance plan. HB 2501 passed the Environment Committee unamended. The
strike-everything amendment was adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
The strike-everything amendment to HB 2501 requires DEQ to contact EPA and request an emissions
testing exemption for motorcycles and collectible vehicles from the SIP or
maintenance plan.
Current Law requires motorcycles and collectible vehicles that were manufactured in or after 1967 to undergo vehicle emissions testing. There are approximately 82,000 motorcycles currently registered in Arizona, 40,000 of which are registered in Maricopa County and 11,000 are registered in Pima County.
In order for DEQ to change any of the current SIP requirements they must first have approval from the EPA.
· In 2000, the Arizona Legislature terminated the remote sensing program.
· This repeal of an EPA-approved SIP element was found to be a violation of federal law by the US district court in Phoenix in the case Sweat v Hull this past September.
· From this case, DEQ and the Legislature have found that for any changes to be made in the SIP they must first have approval from the EPA.
The Strike-Everything amendment
was adopted in the Transportation Committee.