Virginia SB 686: Safety inspection approval stickers; vehicle equipment presumed compliant.

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SENATE BILL NO. 686 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 10, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 46.2-1163 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to safety inspection approval stickers; vehicle equipment 
 presumed compliant. 
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Patron-- Deeds 

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Referred to Committee on Transportation 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 46.2-1163 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 46.2-1163. Official inspection stations; safety inspection 
 approval stickers; actions of Superintendent subject to the Administrative 
 Process Act.

The Superintendent may designate, furnish instructions to, and 
 supervise official inspection stations for the inspection of motor vehicles, 
 trailers, and semitrailers and for adjusting and correcting equipment 
 enumerated in this chapter in such a manner as to conform to specifications 
 hereinbefore set forth. The Superintendent shall adopt and furnish to such 
 official inspection stations regulations governing the making of inspections 
 required by this chapter. The Superintendent may at any time, after five days' 
 written notice, revoke the designation of any official inspection station 
 designated by him.

If no defects are discovered or when the equipment has been 
 corrected in accordance with this title, the official inspection station shall 
 issue to the operator or owner of the vehicle, on forms furnished by the 
 Department of State Police, a duplicate of which is retained by such station, a 
 certificate showing the date of correction, registration number of the vehicle, 
 and the official designation of such station. On or before December 1, 2010, 
 any information an official inspection station is required to provide to the 
 Department of State Police shall be accepted by the Department in electronic 
 form. There also shall be placed on the windshield of the vehicle at a place to 
 be designated by the Superintendent an approval sticker furnished by the 
 Department of State Police. If any vehicle is not equipped with a windshield, 
 the approval sticker shall be placed on the vehicle in a location designated by 
 the Superintendent. If the vehicle is a motorcycle, the approval sticker may be 
 placed on a plate securely fastened to the motorcycle for the purpose of 
 displaying the sticker or in any other location designated by the 
 Superintendent. This sticker shall be displayed on the windshield of such 
 vehicle or at such other designated place upon the vehicle at all times when it 
 is operated or parked on the highways in the Commonwealth and until such time 
 as a new inspection period shall be designated and a new inspection sticker 
 issued. A valid approval 
 sticker properly displayed on