Section 20-183.8A - Civil penalties against motorists for emissions violations; waiver(a) Civil Penalties. - The Division must assess a civil penalty against a person who owns or leases a vehicle that is subject to an inspection and who engages in any of the emissions violations set out in this subsection. As provided in G.S. 20-54, the registration of a vehicle may not be renewed until a penalty imposed under this subsection has been paid. The civil penalties and violations are as follows: (1) Fifty dollars ($50.00) for failure to have the vehicle inspected within four months after it is required to be inspected under this Part.(2) Two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for instructing or allowing a person to tamper with an emission control device of the vehicle so as to make the device inoperative or fail to work properly.(3) Two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for incorrectly stating the vehicle's county of registration to avoid having an emissions inspection of the vehicle.(b) Waiver. - The Division must waive the civil penalty assessed under subdivision (a)(1) of this section against a person who establishes the following:(1) The person was continuously out of the State on active military duty from the date the electronic authorization expired to the date the four-month grace period expired.(2) No person operated the vehicle from the date the electronic authorization expired to the date the four-month grace period expired.(3) The person obtained a current electronic authorization within 30 days after returning to the State.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-183.8A
Amended by 2009 N.C. Sess. Laws 319,s. 4, eff. 7/17/2009.Amended by 2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 503,s. 15, eff. 10/1/2008.Amended by 2007 N.C. Sess. Laws 364,s. 3, eff. 8/17/2007, s. 4, eff. 7/1/2008.1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 754, ss. 1, 8; 1998-212, s. 27.6(b).