Kentucky Statutes 224.20-715 – Comprehensive vehicle emission control program
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(1) The cabinet shall administer or provide for a comprehensive vehicle emission control program which may require the annual inspection of vehicles in counties designated by Federal Environmental Protection Agency regulation to be nonattainment for ozone, carbon monoxide, or nitrogen dioxide if a program is necessary or prudent to meet federal air quality standards and if no Federal Environmental Protection Agency approved program is being operated by an air pollution control district, county fiscal court, or combination of county fiscal courts. Provided, however, that a county legislative body not currently operating such a program has affirmatively authorized such a program to be operated either under its own or the cabinet’s jurisdiction.
(2) The cabinet shall adopt emission standards which may vary by model year, class of vehicle, engine type or size, and may provide for the exemption of certain classes of vehicles from the requirements of KRS § 224.20-710 to KRS § 224.20-765.
(3) The cabinet shall adopt conditions for compliance certificates and exemption certificates.
(4) The cabinet may administer or provide for a program to train and certify mechanics in the maintenance of control systems and techniques of engine maintenance which affect vehicle emissions, and may charge a fee for the program.
(5) The cabinet may administer or provide for the issuance and revocation of certificates to qualified mechanics and may charge a fee for the certificates.
(6) The cabinet shall adopt procedures, including inspection schedules necessary to implement the comprehensive vehicle emission control program.
(7) The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer
KRS § 224.20-710 to KRS § 224.20-765.
Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 467, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.464.
(2) The cabinet shall adopt emission standards which may vary by model year, class of vehicle, engine type or size, and may provide for the exemption of certain classes of vehicles from the requirements of KRS § 224.20-710 to KRS § 224.20-765.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 224.20-715
- Air pollution: means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one (1) or more air contaminants in sufficient quantities and of such characteristics and duration as is or threatens to be injurious to human, plant, or animal life, or to property, or which unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- Cabinet: means the Energy and Environment Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- District: means an air pollution control district as provided for in KRS Chapter 77. See Kentucky Statutes 224.1-010
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) The cabinet shall adopt conditions for compliance certificates and exemption certificates.
(4) The cabinet may administer or provide for a program to train and certify mechanics in the maintenance of control systems and techniques of engine maintenance which affect vehicle emissions, and may charge a fee for the program.
(5) The cabinet may administer or provide for the issuance and revocation of certificates to qualified mechanics and may charge a fee for the certificates.
(6) The cabinet shall adopt procedures, including inspection schedules necessary to implement the comprehensive vehicle emission control program.
(7) The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer
KRS § 224.20-710 to KRS § 224.20-765.
Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 467, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990.
Formerly codified as KRS § 224.464.