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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77934</law_id><section_number>10.1-1307.05</section_number><catch_line>Low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>10.1-1307</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="10.1">Conservation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Activities Administered by Other Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="13">Air Pollution Control Board</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> As used in this section:
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">LEV</span>&#x201D; means low-emission vehicle.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">ZEV</span>&#x201D; means zero-emission vehicle. <a id="paragraph-279472" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1307.05/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may adopt by regulation and enforce any model year standards relating to the control of emissions from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, including <span class="dictionary">LEV</span> and <span class="dictionary">ZEV</span> standards pursuant to &#xA7; 177 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. &#xA7; 7507). The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall promulgate final regulations for an Advanced Clean Cars Program that includes (i) an <span class="dictionary">LEV</span> program for criteria pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions and (ii) a <span class="dictionary">ZEV</span> program only for motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 14,000 pounds or less. Such programs shall be applicable to motor vehicles beginning with the 2025 model year, or to the first model year for which adoption of such standards is practicable. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall periodically <span class="dictionary">amend</span> any regulations adopted pursuant to this section to ensure continued consistency of such standards with the Clean Air Act. <a id="paragraph-279473" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/10.1-1307.05/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 263.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
