Bill Text: IL SB1222 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that if the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency operates a motor vehicle inspection station or contracts with one or more parties to operate an inspection station on its behalf, the Agency shall locate the station so that the owners of vehicles subject to inspection reside within 5 (rather than 12) miles of an official inspection station.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1222 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1222-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 13C-10 as follows:
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6 | (625 ILCS 5/13C-10) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 13C-10. Program. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The Agency shall establish a program to begin February | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | 1, 2007, to reduce the emission of pollutants by motor | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | vehicles. This program shall be a replacement for and | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | continuation of the program established under the Vehicle | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Emissions Inspection Law of 1995, Chapter 13B of this Code. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | At a minimum, this program shall provide for all of the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | following: | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (1) The inspection of certain motor vehicles every 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | years, as required under Section 13C-15. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (2) The establishment and operation of official | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | inspection stations. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (3) The designation of official test equipment and | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | testing procedures. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (4)
The training and supervision of inspectors and | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | other personnel. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | (5) Procedures to assure the correct operation, |
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1 | maintenance, and calibration of test equipment. | ||||||
2 | (6) Procedures for certifying test results and for | ||||||
3 | reporting and maintaining relevant data and records. | ||||||
4 | (7) The funding of alternate fuel rebates and grants as | ||||||
5 | authorized by Section 30 of the Alternate Fuels Act. | ||||||
6 | (b) The Agency shall provide for the operation of a | ||||||
7 | sufficient number of official inspection stations to prevent | ||||||
8 | undue difficulty for motorists to obtain the inspections | ||||||
9 | required under this Chapter. In the event that the Agency | ||||||
10 | operates inspection stations or contracts with one or more | ||||||
11 | parties to operate inspection stations on its behalf, the | ||||||
12 | Agency shall endeavor to: (i) locate the stations so that the | ||||||
13 | owners of vehicles subject to inspection reside within 5 12 | ||||||
14 | miles of an official inspection station; and (ii) have | ||||||
15 | sufficient inspection capacity at the stations so that the | ||||||
16 | usual wait before the start of an inspection does not exceed 15 | ||||||
17 | minutes.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 98-24, eff. 6-19-13.)
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