Virginia HB 2068: Motor vehicle safety inspection; extends validity period for a new motor vehicle.

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19102577D

HOUSE BILL NO. 2068 

Offered January 9, 2019 

Prefiled January 7, 2019 

A BILL to amend and reenact �� 46.2-1158 and 46.2-1158.01 of 
 the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle safety inspection; new motor 
 vehicle. 
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Patron-- Bell, John J. 

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Referred to Committee on Transportation 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That �� 46.2-1158 and 46.2-1158.01 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 
 12 months of the month of the first inspection and at least once every 12 
 months thereafter. However, any new 
 motor vehicle, as defined in � 
 46.2-1500, shall not be required to 
 be reinspected within 24 
 months of the month of the first 
 inspection.

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 15 calendar days beyond 
 the day of issuance. A complete inspection shall be performed on any vehicle 
 bearing an expired rejection sticker.

The completion of the conversion process for a converted 
 electric vehicle shall invalidate any inspection of such vehicle conducted in 
 accordance with this section prior to the conversion. Following the initial 
 inspection of a converted electric vehicle, as required under � 46.2-602.3 and 
 the provisions of this chapter, such vehicle shall be reinspected in accordance 
 with this section.

� 46.2-1158.01. Exceptions to motor vehicle inspection 
 requirement.

A. The following shall be exempt from inspection as required 
 by � 46.2-1157:

1. Four-wheel vehicles weighing less than 500 pounds and 
 having less than 6 horsepower;

2. Boat, utility, or travel trailers that are not equipped 
 with brakes;

3. Antique motor vehicles or antique trailers as defined in � 
 46.2-100 and licensed pursuant to � 46.2-730;

4. Any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that is outside 
 the Commonwealth at the time its inspection expires when operated by the most 
 direct route to the owner's or operator's place of residence or the owner's 
 legal place of business in the Commonwealth;

5. A truck, tractor truck, trailer, or semitrailer for which 
 the period fixed for inspection has expired while the vehicle was outside the 
 Commonwealth (i) from a point outside the Com