ARTICLE 2. Program Requirements

Article 2 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 892, Sec. 2.

§§ 44010–44025 · 31 sections

§ 44010 The motor vehicle inspection program shall provide for privately operated stations which shall be referred to as smog check stations and are authorized…
§ 44010.5 (a) The department shall implement a program with the capacity to inspect that portion of the total state vehicle fleet subject to inspection each year in the…
§ 44011 (a) All motor vehicles powered by internal combustion engines that are registered within an area designated for program coverage shall be required biennially…
§ 44011.1 For purposes of Section 44011, the term “registered within an area designated for program coverage” includes any vehicle registered pursuant to the Vehicle…
§ 44011.3 Every motor vehicle that is subject to testing pursuant to this chapter may be pretested. As used in this section, a pretest is a smog inspection in which the…
§ 44011.5 Documentation that a motor vehicle is exempt from the requirements of Section 44011 may not be based solely on the owner’s statement that the vehicle is in an…
§ 44011.6 (a) The use of a heavy-duty motor vehicle that emits excessive smoke is prohibited. (b) (1) As expeditiously as possible, the state board shall develop a test…
§ 44012 The test at the smog check stations shall be performed in accordance with procedures prescribed by the department and may require loaded mode dynamometer…
§ 44012.1 (a) The department shall incorporate a visible smoke test into the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program by January 1, 2008. Any visible smoke from…
§ 44013 (a) (1) The department, in cooperation with the state board, shall prescribe maximum emission standards to be applied in inspecting motor vehicles under this… see note
§ 44013.5 (a) If the department, in consultation with the state board, determines that substantial demand for emission retrofit devices exists, the department shall…
§ 44014 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the testing and repair portion of the program shall be conducted by smog check stations licensed by the…
§ 44014.2 (a) The department shall develop a program for the voluntary certification of licensed smog check stations, or the department may accept a smog check station…
§ 44014.4 (a) A licensed smog check station that has been certified pursuant to Section 44014.2 may advertise that fact, and the advertisement may include the scope of…
§ 44014.5 (a) The enhanced program shall provide for the testing and retesting of vehicles in accordance with Sections 44010.5 and 44014.2 and this section. (b) The…
§ 44014.6 (a) The inspection-based performance standards created for the certification program established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 44014.2 and subdivision…
§ 44014.7 (a) The department shall require 2 percent of the vehicles required to obtain a certificate of compliance each year in enhanced program areas to receive their…
§ 44015 (a) A licensed smog check station shall not issue a certificate of compliance, except as authorized by this chapter, to any vehicle that meets the following…
§ 44015.5 (a) A certificate of compliance shall not be issued to any new motor vehicle or motor vehicle with a new motor vehicle engine which is not certified by the…
§ 44016 The department shall, with the cooperation of the state board and after consultation with the motor vehicle manufacturers and representatives of the service…
§ 44017 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or Section 44017.1, a motor vehicle owner shall qualify for a repair cost waiver only after expending at least…
§ 44017.1 (a) For purposes of this section, “low-income motor vehicle owner” means a person whose income does not exceed 185 percent of the federal poverty level. (b)…
§ 44017.3 (a) The department shall provide a licensed smog check station with a sign informing customers about options when their vehicle fails a biennial smog check…
§ 44017.4 (a) Upon registration with the Department of Motor Vehicles, a passenger vehicle or pickup truck that is a specially constructed vehicle, as defined in Section…
§ 44017.5 At the earliest possible date, as determined by the bureau, the bureau shall implement at the referee stations, where appropriate, an alternative workday…
§ 44018 (a) The motor vehicle inspection program may include advisory safety equipment maintenance checks, fuel efficiency checks, or both, on the motor vehicle if the…
§ 44019 (a) Every public agency, including, but not limited to, a publicly owned public utility, owning or operating any motor vehicle that is exempt from annual…
§ 44020 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department may license any registered owner of a fleet of 10 or more motor vehicles subject to this…
§ 44024 (a) The department, in cooperation with the state board, shall investigate new technologies, including the role of onboard diagnostic systems in vehicles, as a…
§ 44024.5 (a) The department shall compile and maintain statistical and emissions profiles and data from motor vehicles that are subject to the motor vehicle inspection…
§ 44025 The department shall act as a clearinghouse to provide access to the vendors who possess service information generated by the vehicle manufacturers.