101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1222
 
Introduced 2/6/2019, by Sen. John G. Mulroe
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
625 ILCS 5/13C-10

     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.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 13C-10 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/13C-10)
7    Sec. 13C-10. Program.
8    (a) The Agency shall establish a program to begin February 
91, 2007, to reduce the emission of pollutants by motor 
10vehicles.  This program shall be a replacement for and 
11continuation of the program established under the Vehicle 
12Emissions Inspection Law of 1995, Chapter 13B of this Code.
13    At a minimum, this program shall provide for all of the 
14following:
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 
7sufficient number of official inspection stations to prevent 
8undue difficulty for motorists to obtain the inspections 
9required under this Chapter.  In the event that the Agency 
10operates inspection stations or contracts with one or more 
11parties to operate inspection stations on its behalf, the 
12Agency shall endeavor to: (i) locate the stations so that the 
13owners of vehicles subject to inspection reside within 5 12 
14miles of an official inspection station; and (ii) have 
15sufficient inspection capacity at the stations so that the 
16usual wait before the start of an inspection does not exceed 15 
17minutes.

18(Source: P.A. 98-24, eff. 6-19-13.)