Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-20 - INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE › Rule 391-3-20-.15 - Repairs and Retests

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Owners of vehicles which fail any portion
				of the emission inspection shall have necessary maintenance and repairs
				performed. Vehicles which are brought to an inspection station operated by the
				same owner as the station which performed the original inspection within 30
				days of an inspection failure, will be given one reinspection at no additional
				charge. If any additional reinspections are required to pass the inspection
				requirement, another inspection fee shall be charged. This fee will cover one
				reinspection and, if required, one additional reinspection.
(2) Owners of vehicles presented for
				reinspection shall present a completed Emissions Repair Form. No reinspection,
				whether paid or unpaid, shall be performed unless the repair information form
				has been completed and submitted to the inspection station. The repair
				information form should be completed by the repair facility which repaired the
				vehicle or by the vehicle owner. The information from the form shall be entered
				into the VID by the inspector performing the reinspection.
(3) Repairs by the owner or other persons who
				are not recognized repair technicians are permitted; however, the cost of such
				repairs, except repairs to primary emission control components, shall not be
				counted toward a waiver for any 1980 or newer model year vehicle.
(4) Except as noted, reinspections shall
				consist only of the failed portions of the previous inspection, i.e., exhaust,
				fuel cap, tampering, OBD, provided the previous inspection results are
				retrieved electronically by the GAS. For an exhaust emission reinspection, the
				vehicle must pass the inspection for all required pollutants (HC, CO). For an
				OBD system reinspection, the vehicle must pass the complete OBD system
				check.
(5) Vehicles which pass the
				reinspection will receive a passing Certificate of Emission
				Inspection.
(6) A station owner
				that is not the owner of the inspection station which performed the previous
				initial inspection or paid after-repairs reinspection may perform a free
				after-repairs reinspection provided the free after-repairs reinspection is
				performed within 30 days of the previous inspection, and the previous
				inspection was a paid inspection.
(7) When the inspector is presented with a
				vehicle for a reinspection, the inspector shall verify that the vehicle being
				submitted for the reinspection matches the vehicle specified on the previous
				failing Certificate of Emission Inspection and on the Emissions Repair
				Form.
(8) No station owner or
				inspector shall charge the motorist or vehicle owner for an after-repairs
				reinspection, unless a new E-Cert is used and a new Certificate of Emission
				Inspection is issued containing a new number. The number of any previously
				issued Certificate of Emission Inspection shall be used only for a reinspection
				that is free of charge to the motorist or vehicle owner and only in accordance
				with the requirements of this Chapter.
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											12-9-40,
et
				  seq.