2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 3 - EMISSIONS INSPECTION (§§ 42-4-301 — 42-4-317) › Section 42-4-311 - Operation of inspection and readjustment stations - inspection-only facilities - fleet inspection stations - motor vehicle dealer test facilities - enhanced inspection centers

(1)
(a)
No inspection and readjustment station license, inspection-only facility license, fleet inspection station license, motor vehicle dealer test facility license, or enhanced inspection center contract may be assigned or transferred or used at any other than the station, facility, or center therein designated, and every such license or authorization for an enhanced inspection center shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the facility designated.
(b)
Beginning January 1, 1995, no emissions inspector license or authorization shall be assigned or transferred except to a licensed inspection-only facility, fleet inspection station, or enhanced inspection center.
(c)
No emissions inspector or emissions mechanic license or authorization may be assigned or transferred, nor shall the inspection and adjustment be made by such emissions inspector or emissions mechanic except at a licensed inspection and readjustment station, inspection-only facility, fleet inspection station, or motor vehicle dealer test facility or authorized enhanced inspection center.
(2)
A licensed inspection and readjustment station, inspection-only facility, fleet inspection station, motor vehicle dealer test facility, or authorized enhanced inspection center shall not issue a certification of emissions control to a motor vehicle except upon forms prescribed by the executive director. Such station, facility, or center shall not issue a certification of emissions compliance or emission waiver unless the licensed or authorized emissions inspector or emissions mechanic performing the inspection determines that:
(a)
The exhaust gas and, if applicable, evaporative emissions from the motor vehicle comply with the applicable emissions standards and there is no evidence of emissions system tampering nor visible smoke, in which case a certification of emissions compliance shall be issued;
(b)
The exhaust gas and, if applicable, evaporative emissions from the motor vehicle do not comply with the applicable emissions standards after the adjustments and repairs required by section
42-4-306
have been performed and there is no evidence of emissions system tampering or visible smoke, in which case a certification of emissions waiver shall be issued. A fleet emission inspector shall not issue a certification of emissions waiver within the enhanced program area.
(3)
(a)
(I)
A verification of emissions test shall be issued to a motor vehicle by a licensed inspection and readjustment station, inspection-only facility, fleet inspection station, or motor vehicle dealer test facility or authorized enhanced inspection center at the time such vehicle is issued a certification of emissions control.
(II)
Except as required by section
42-12-404
, no verification of emissions test is required to be issued to or required for any motor vehicle that is registered as a collector's item under section
42-12-401
.
(III)
(A)
Repealed.
(B)
Commencing July 1, 2001, every inspection and readjustment station, fleet inspection station, and inspection-only facility shall monthly transmit to the department the sum of twenty-five cents per motor vehicle inspection performed by such entity pursuant to this part 3 if the motor vehicle passes such inspection or is granted a waiver. No refund or credit shall be allowed for any unused verification of emissions test forms.
(C)
The contractor shall monthly transmit to the department the sum of twenty-five cents per motor vehicle inspection performed by the contractor pursuant to this part 3 if the motor vehicle passes such inspection or is granted a waiver. No refund or credit shall be allowed for any unused verification of emissions test forms.
(b)
The moneys collected by the department from the sale of verification forms shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit such moneys to the AIR account, which account is created within the highway users tax fund. Moneys from the AIR account, upon appropriation by the general assembly, shall be expended only to pay the costs of administration and enforcement of the automobile inspection and readjustment program by the department and the department of public health and environment.
(4)
(a)
(I)
A licensed inspection and readjustment station, inspection-only facility, or motor vehicle dealer test facility shall charge a fee not to exceed fifteen dollars for the inspection of vehicles, model year 1981 and older, at facilities licensed or authorized within either the basic or enhanced emissions program; except that for 1982 model and newer vehicles a test facility may charge a fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars.
(II)
In no case shall any such fee exceed the maximum fee established by and posted by the station or facility pursuant to section
42-4-305 (5)
for the inspection of any motor vehicle required to be inspected under section
42-4-310
.
(b)
A licensed emissions inspection and readjustment station shall charge a fee for performing the adjustments or repairs required for issuance of a certification of emissions waiver not to exceed the maximum charge established in section
42-4-310
and posted by the station pursuant to section
42-4-305
.
(5)
The fee charged in paragraph (a) of subsection (4) or subsection (6) of this section will be charged to all nonresident vehicle owners subject to the inspection requirement of section
42-4-310
and depending on the county of operation.
(6)
(a)
The fee charged for enhanced emissions inspections performed within the enhanced emissions program area on 1982 and later motor vehicles shall not be any greater than that determined by the contract and in no case greater than twenty-five dollars. The fee charged for clean screen inspections performed on vehicles registered in the basic area shall not be any greater than that determined by the contract and in no case greater than fifteen dollars. Such fee shall not exceed the maximum fee required to be posted by the enhanced inspection center pursuant to section
42-4-305
for the inspection of any motor vehicle required to be inspected under section
42-4-310
.
(b)
During the two-year renewal of the contract entered into pursuant to section
42-4-307 (10)
, the commission shall hold a hearing to determine the maximum fee that may be charged pursuant to the contract for inspections during any subsequent renewal term. The maximum fee must be based on estimated actual operating costs during the life of the contract, determined pursuant to the proceeding, plus a percentage to be determined by the commission, not to exceed ten percent and not to exceed twenty-five dollars.
(c)
Repealed.
(7)
At least one free reinspection shall be provided for those vehicles initially failed at the inspection and readjustment station, inspection-only facility, or enhanced inspection center which conducted the initial inspection, within ten calendar days of such initial inspection.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 8, § 4, eff. 8/9/2017.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 370, § 5, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 94: (3)(b) amended, p. 2813, § 589, effective July 1; entire title amended with relocations, p. 2304, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 2001: (3)(a)(III), (4)(a), and (6) amended, p. 1020, § 7, effective June 5. L. 2002: (4)(a) and (6)(a) amended, p. 967, § 3, effective June 1; (4)(a) amended, p. 1285, § 1, effective September 1; (4)(a) amended, p. 968, § 4, effective September 1. L. 2006: (6)(c) added, p. 1029, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2011: IP(2), (2)(b), and (3)(a)(II) amended, (SB 11 -031), ch. 86, p. 246, § 12, effective August 10. L. 2012: (6)(c) repealed, (SB 12-034), ch. 107, p. 365, § 5, effective August 8. L. 2013: (3)(a)(II) amended, (HB 13-1071), ch. 370, p. 2161, § 5, effective August 7. L. 2017: (6)(b) amended, (HB 17-1005), ch. 8, p. 24, § 4, effective August 9.
(1) This section is similar to former § 42-4-313 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-311 was relocated to §
42-4-309
.
(2) Amendments to subsection (3)(b) by House Bill 94-1029 were harmonized with Senate Bill 94-001.
(3) Subsection (3)(a)(III)(A) provided for the repeal of subsection (3)(a)(III)(A) effective July 1, 2001. (See L. 2001, p. 1020.)
(4) Amendments to subsection (4)(a) by sections 3 and 4 of House Bill 02-1455 were harmonized.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2001 act amending subsections (3)(a)(III), (4)(a), and (6), see section 1 of chapter 278, Session Laws of Colorado 2001. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2006 act enacting subsection (6)(c), see section 1 of chapter 225, Session Laws of Colorado 2006.