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2009 SESSION
098673460Be 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. [ Any 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. Common carriers, operating
under certificate from the State Corporation Commission or the Department of
Motor Vehicles, who desire to do so may use with the approval of the
Superintendent private inspection stations for the inspection and correction of
their equipment.
Actions of the Superintendent relating to official inspection stations shall be governed by the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).