49-546

49-546. Fleet emissions inspection stations;
certificates of inspection; dealer's inventory; investigations;
revocation or suspension of permit

A. Any registered owner or lessee of a fleet of at least twenty-five vehicles may
apply to the director for a permit to establish a fleet emissions inspection
station. The director shall not issue any fleet emissions inspection station permit
until he has found that the applicant:

1. Maintains an established place of business for the repair and maintenance of the
applicant's fleet of vehicles.

2. Has obtained approved machinery, tools and equipment to adequately conduct the
required emissions inspections.

3. Employs properly trained and licensed personnel with which to perform the
necessary labor.

4. Agrees to provide data as may be prescribed by the director.

B. Any operator of a fleet emissions inspection station under a valid permit shall,
upon filing an application in the manner and form prescribed by the director and paying
the prescribed fee, receive a sufficient number of certificates of inspection for each
vehicle in the applicant's fleet. No certificate of inspection shall be issued to any
fleet vehicle until it has been inspected and found to comply with applicable
regulations. A certificate of inspection issued to a fleet vehicle is transferable to an
auctioneer who intends to sell the vehicle and who is licensed as a used motor vehicle
dealer. The certificate of inspection is valid for a period of not to exceed one hundred
eighty days after the transfer unless the vehicle is reregistered with a new owner, in
which case the vehicle shall be inspected in accordance with this article before the
reregistration.

C. No holder of a fleet emissions inspection station permit shall inspect or
certificate any vehicle for which such permittee is not the registered owner or lessee,
unless authorized by the director.

D. Vehicles which are owned by a licensed vehicle dealer and which are held for
resale as a part of the dealer's business inventory shall be deemed a part of such
dealer's vehicle fleet for purposes of this section.

E. Every vehicle subject to the provisions of this section and registered in this
state shall be inspected in accordance with the provisions of this article at least once
within each twelve-month period following any original registration or
reregistration. No vehicle that is subject to the provisions of this section may be
registered or reregistered until such vehicle has passed inspection or been issued a
waiver pursuant to section 49-542.

F. The director shall investigate the operation of each fleet emissions inspection
station as the conditions and circumstances of such operation may indicate. He may
require the holder of any fleet permit to submit such documentation required concerning
the operation of such inspection station. The director may suspend or revoke and require
the surrender and forfeiture of any fleet emissions inspection station permit and
certificates of inspection of such permittee if he finds that such station is not
operated in accordance with this article and the lawful rules and regulations adopted by
the director or the holder of such permit has failed or refused to submit records or
documentation required.

G. For the purposes of section 49-542.03, the provisions of this section apply to a
fleet motor vehicle dealer who meets both of the following conditions:

1. The principal place of business is within fifty miles of the outer boundary of
area A.

2. The dealer certifies to the department that customers who reside in area A are
the primary source of their business.