New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter F - BUSINESSES REQUIRING LICENSES › Part 79 - Motor Vehicle Inspection › Section 79.15 - Official fleet and dealer inspection stations

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Portable fleet stations. An official
				  inspection station license (fleet) may be issued to a person, association or
				  corporation owning or leasing more than 250 motor vehicles registered in the
				  State of New York, permitting the licensee to establish an inspection station
				  of a portable nature. Such a portable station may make inspections of motor
				  vehicles owned or leased by such person, association or corporation, at
				  locations in New York State-owned or controlled by the licensee, in addition to
				  the official location listed on the station's license. The official location
				  must have space and equipment sufficient to perform inspections on any vehicle
				  that the station is licensed for. Any remote location must have space and
				  equipment sufficient for any inspection performed at that location. The
				  location listed on the station's license shall be considered the official
				  station location, and will be the place where the records, required testing
				  equipment, and certificates of inspection will be required to be kept, except
				  when inspections are actually being made at another location.
(b) Trailer only dealer stations. Dealers
				  registered under section 415  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, engaged
				  in the business of selling trailers may qualify for an official inspection
				  station license (dealer) restricted to the inspection of only this type of
				  vehicle. Such a license may be issued without the necessity for enclosed space
				  as required in section
				  79.9(b) 
				  of this Part, except that office space must be available on the premises for
				  the safekeeping of inspection records and other items required by this Part.
				  Such a dealer would be restricted to the inspection of light duty trailers with
				  a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or under, as required by section
				  79.22  of this
				  Part. If the dealer wishes to inspect trailers with a gross weight of more than
				  10,000 pounds, the required enclosed space must be maintained and those
				  trailers must be inspected inside the premises.
(c) Fleet stations.
(1) Any person, association or corporation,
				  having registered in his or its name more than 25 motor vehicles, and any State
				  agency or political subdivision having registered in its name more than five
				  vehicles, may qualify for a license as an official inspection station (fleet).
				  A person, association or corporation licensed as an official fleet inspection
				  station may inspect only those motor vehicles registered in his or its name,
				  those leased for a period greater than 30 days, and those motor vehicles owned
				  by his or its employees. A State agency or political subdivision licensed as an
				  official fleet inspection station may inspect only those motor vehicles
				  registered in its name, those leased for a period greater than 30 days, and
				  those motor vehicles registered in the name of any State agency or political
				  subdivision. Any fleet inspection station that is exempt from payment of fees
				  for inspection certificates under the provisions of subdivision (b) of section 305  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law may not
				  inspect motor vehicles owned by its employees. An official inspection station
				  (fleet or dealer) may only inspect those vehicles it is qualified to inspect.
				  In addition, a State agency or political subdivision licensed as an official
				  fleet inspection station that offers to inspect motor vehicles that are
				  registered to other State agencies or political subdivisions is required to
				  verify that the motor vehicles are registered to another State agency or
				  political subdivision is required to verify that the motor vehicles are
				  registered to another State agency or political subdivision. A fleet inspection
				  station may contract to provide inspection personnel at the fleet license
				  facility, provided only certified inspectors perform inspections. The fleet
				  inspection station will remain responsible for all inspections. For the
				  purposes of this Part, a political subdivision may include, but is not limited
				  to: a county; a city; a village; a town; a school district; a fire district; a
				  county extension service association; or a public improvement
				  district.
(2) A fleet inspection
				  station license may be issued to a facility located outside New York State if
				  all the following conditions are met:
(i) the
				  applicant has at least one fleet inspection station located in New
				  York;
(ii) the applicant has at
				  least 25 motor vehicles registered in New York;
(iii) the applicant agrees to pay the travel
				  expenses of Department of Motor Vehicles employees who are assigned to inspect,
				  investigate or examine the facility or its records, or train its employees;
				  and
(iv) the applicant agrees to
				  abide by article 5 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and these
				  regulations.
(3) A fleet
				  inspection station licensed to inspect Group 1A vehicles must have the
				  appropriate CVIS for emissions inspection. A person, association or corporation
				  licensed as an official fleet inspection station may be exempted from this
				  requirement if the station can demonstrate that it has more than 25 Group 1A
				  vehicles in its fleet that are not subject to emissions inspection. A State
				  agency or political subdivision licensed as an official fleet insepction
				  station may be exempted from this requirement if the station can demonstrate
				  that it has more than five vehicles in its fleet that are not subject to
				  emissions inspection. If a fleet inspection station is exempted from purchasing
				  the CVIS, any vehicle in the fleet subject to emissions inspection must then be
				  inspected at another facility licensed and equipped to perform the proper
				  inspection.