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Senate Transportation sends agency a plan to study biennial inspections, MBUF integration
Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee asked Vermont agencies to produce a plan — not immediate law — to transition passenger-car safety and emissions inspections to a biennial schedule beginning Jan. 1, 2028, and to show how that would comply with the Clean Air Act and interact with a mileage-based user fee. Lawmakers pressed agencies for fee options, EPA constraints and outreach steps.
The Senate Transportation Committee on Feb. 24 directed state agencies to produce a plan — rather than immediately change law — for moving passenger-vehicle safety and emissions inspections to once every two years, with a target implementation date of Jan. 1, 2028.
Damien Leonard of the Office of Legislative Council told the committee the draft directs "the Secretaries of Transportation and Natural Resources to develop a plan in transition to a safety and emissions inspection program that requires pleasure cars to be inspected once every 2 years beginning in January 2028." Leonard said the plan would include a timeline, any Clean Air Act implications, options to mitigate revenue impacts and an outreach program for mechanics, inspection stations and vehicle owners. It would also identify statutes or rules needing change and integrate the change with the mileage-based user fee (MBUF).
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