PRINTER'S NO. 570
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
562
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, BROOKS, VOGEL, HUTCHINSON, J. WARD,
PENNYCUICK, STEFANO AND BAKER, MARCH 28, 2023
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 28, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for
prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4706 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 4706. Prohibition on expenditures for emission inspection
program.
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(h.1) Revised State implementation plan.--
(1) Within 60 days of the effective date of this
paragraph, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
initiate the process of removing the following counties from
the enhanced vehicle emission inspection and maintenance
program:
(i) A county of the third class with a population
between 215,000 and 216,000 based on the most recent
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Federal decennial census.
(ii) A county of the third class with a population
between 325,000 and 326,000 based on the most recent
Federal decennial census.
(iii) A county of the third class with a population
between 354,000 and 355,000 based on the most recent
Federal decennial census.
(iv) A county of the fourth class with a population
between 133,000 and 134,000 based on the most recent
Federal decennial census.
(v) A county of the fifth class with a population
between 122,000 and 123,000 based on the most recent
Federal decennial census.
(vi) A county of the fifth class with a population
between 114,000 and 115,000 based on the most recent
Federal decennial census.
(vii) A county of the fifth class with a population
between 110,000 and 111,000 based on the most recent
Federal decennial census.
(2) The revised State implementation plan shall be
completed and submitted to the United States Environmental
Protection Agency no later than January 1, 2024, and shall
convincingly demonstrate that the counties listed under
paragraph (1) can maintain the relevant standards without
benefit of the emissions reductions attributable to the
vehicle emission inspection and maintenance program.
( 3) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
comply with Federal law during the process of the revision,
including by ensuring that the revision will not interfere
with attainment requirements or reasonable further progress
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toward attainment, and that Federal funding is not negatively
impacted as a result of the revision.
(4) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
notify the following of its submission of the revised State
implementation plan to the United States Environmental
Protection Agency:
(i) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the
Senate.
(ii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the House
of Representatives.
(iii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of
the Transportation Committee of the Senate.
(iv) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives.
(5) Upon approval by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency of the revised State implementation plan,
the Secretary of Environmental Protection shall transmit
notice of the approval to the Legislative Reference Bureau
for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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