Section 276.304  Initial Emissions Inspection Stickers or Certificates

The Initial Emissions Inspection Sticker or Certificate enables a vehicle not previously subject to inspection to display a valid sticker or possess a valid certificate within the vehicle to demonstrate compliance with the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law or the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of 1995 pending such vehicle receiving an initial emissions inspection.  Such sticker or certificate shall be issued as follows:

a)         The Agency or its designee shall send Initial Emissions Inspection Stickers or Certificates to owners of all vehicles initially subject to inspection no less than fifteen days prior to the first day of the month in which the vehicle is scheduled for its initial inspection.  Each Initial Emissions Inspection Sticker or Certificate shall expire on the last day of the third month following the month assigned by the Agency for the initial inspection.

b)         Each Initial Emissions Inspection Sticker or Certificate shall include a notice of the assigned month of the initial emissions inspection and shall be accompanied by a clear statement from the Agency that, based on vehicle records, the vehicle is subject to applicable emissions inspection requirements of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law and the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of 1995, as applicable.  A form accompanying the sticker or certificate will be provided to the vehicle owner to allow for correction of any information relied upon by the Agency.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 8456, effective June 14, 1996)