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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69408</law_id><section_number>46.2-1179</section_number><catch_line>Board to adopt emissions standards</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-1178.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="22">Emissions Inspections</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall adopt emissions standards necessary to implement the emissions inspection program provided for in this article. Such standards shall include specifications and criteria that will enable the identification of <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> whose emissions so far exceed those permissible under this article as to qualify them as &#x201C;gross violators,&#x201D; and enable the expedited identification of such <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> through <span class="dictionary">on-road testing</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="On-road testing of motor vehicle emissions; authority to adopt regulations; civil charges" href="/46.2-1178.1/">46.2-1178.1</a>. <a id="paragraph-251025" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1179/#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> shall establish separate and distinct emissions standards applicable to <span class="dictionary">on-road testing</span> of <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="On-road testing of motor vehicle emissions; authority to adopt regulations; civil charges" href="/46.2-1178.1/">46.2-1178.1</a>. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this article, except for any motor vehicle registered as an <span class="dictionary">antique motor vehicle</span> or a <span class="dictionary">military surplus motor vehicle</span>, such criteria shall be applicable to all <span class="dictionary">motor vehicles</span> manufactured for the 1968 model year or any more recent model year, with criteria for each model year being appropriate to that model year. <a id="paragraph-251026" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1179/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1980, c. 469, &#xA7; 46.1-326.5; 1989, c. 727; 1993, cc. 995, 998; 1993, Sp. Sess., c. 2; 1995, cc. 836, 851; 2002, c. 710; 2018, c. 555.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
