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HB3032: Vehicle safety inspections; not required to make appointment therefor.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 46.2-1158 and 46.2-1165 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1158. Frequency of inspection; scope of inspection.
Motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers required to be inspected pursuant to the provisions of § 46.2-1157 shall be reinspected within twelve months of the month of the first inspection and at least once every twelve months thereafter.
Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting the conduct of inspections by appointments made by vehicle owners with authorized inspection stations, nor shall anything in this article be construed as requiring vehicle owners to schedule appointments for inspections.
Each inspection shall be a complete inspection. A reinspection of a rejected vehicle by the same station during the period of validity of the rejection sticker on such vehicle, however, need only include an inspection of the item or items previously found defective unless there is found an obvious defect that would warrant further rejection of the vehicle.
A rejection sticker shall be valid for fifteen calendar days beyond the day of issuance. A complete inspection shall be performed on any vehicle bearing an expired rejection sticker.
§ 46.2-1165. Regulations for inspection of vehicles; posting.
The Superintendent shall promulgate regulations for the inspection of motor vehicles under this title and shall furnish each official inspection station with a printed set of such regulations suitable for posting. Such station shall post the regulations in a conspicuous place in the portion of its premises where inspections are made and shall cause its employees making official inspections to be conversant with such regulations. No such regulation shall prohibit the conduct of inspections by appointments made by vehicle owners with authorized inspection stations, nor shall any such regulation require vehicle owners to schedule appointments for inspections.
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