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SB-100 Emission control: specially constructed vehicles.(2001-2002)

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Senate Bill No. 100
CHAPTER 871

An act to add Section 44017.4 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to emission control.

[ Filed with Secretary of State  October 14, 2001. Approved by Governor  October 13, 2001. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 100, Johannessen. Emission control: specially constructed vehicles.
Existing law defines a specially constructed vehicle as a vehicle that is built for private use, not for resale, and is not constructed by a licensed manufacturer or remanufacturer, and requires all specially constructed vehicles to be subject to the emission control system testing and certification requirements established by the Department of Consumer Affairs.
This bill would require a passenger vehicle or pickup truck that is a specially constructed vehicle to be inspected by stations authorized to perform referee functions, as prescribed, and would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide an initial registration to no more than the first 500 vehicles that meet the specified criteria and are presented to the department each year for registration. Upon completion of the inspection, the referee would be required to affix a tamper-resistant label to the vehicle and to issue a certificate that establishes the engine model-year and emission control system application.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 44017.4 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

44017.4.
 (a) Upon initial registration with the Department of Motor Vehicles, a passenger vehicle or pickup truck that is a specially constructed vehicle, as defined in Section 580 of the Vehicle Code, shall be inspected by stations authorized to perform referee functions. This inspection shall be for the purposes of determining the engine model-year used in the vehicle or the vehicle model-year, and the emission control system application. The owner shall have the option to choose whether the inspection is based on the engine model-year used in the vehicle or the vehicle model-year.
(1) In determining the engine model-year, the referee shall compare the engine to engines of the era that the engine most closely resembles. The referee shall assign the 1960 model-year to the engine in any specially constructed vehicle that does not sufficiently resemble a previously manufactured engine. The referee shall require only those emission control systems that are applicable to the established engine model-year and that the engine reasonably accommodates in its present form.
(2) In determining the vehicle model-year, the referee shall compare the vehicle to vehicles of the era that the vehicle most closely resembles. The referee shall assign the 1960 model-year to any specially constructed vehicle that does not sufficiently resemble a previously manufactured vehicle. The referee shall require only those emission control systems that are applicable to the established model-year and that the vehicle reasonably accommodates in its present form.
(b) Upon the completion of the inspection, the referee shall affix a tamper-resistant label to the vehicle and issue a certificate that establishes the engine model-year or the vehicle model-year, and the emission control system application.
(c) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall annually provide an initial registration to no more than the first 500 vehicles that meet the criteria described in subdivision (a) that are presented to that department for registration.