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If any official emissions inspection station violates this article or regulations of the Director made pursuant hereto, the Director, in addition to or in lieu of such fine imposed by a court, may suspend the permit of the emissions inspection station or if, in the opinion of the Director, the facts warrant such action, the Director may revoke the authority and cancel the permit of such inspection station, whether or not the violation is a first offense against this article.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":307973,"text":"Any person violating this article shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor for the first offense and fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each subsequent offense except as otherwise provided in this article. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 469 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. 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If any official\nemissions inspection station violates this article or regulations of the\nDirector made pursuant hereto, the Director, in addition to or in lieu of such\nfine imposed by a court, may suspend the permit of the emissions inspection\nstation or if, in the opinion of the Director, the facts warrant such action,\nthe Director may revoke the authority and cancel the permit of such inspection\nstation, whether or not the violation is a first offense against this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 469, \u00a7 46.1-326.13; 1988, c. 806; 1989, c. 727; 1991, c. 531;\n1993, cc. 995, 998; 1993, Sp. Sess., c. 2.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}