Senate members made another attempt Tuesday to roll back the inspection requirements for some cars, this time with a bill to end emissions inspections for newer cars.
The Senate Rules Committee discussed a proposal to end the required emissions checks for cars from the three most recent model years, and for older cars with no more than 80,000 miles on the odometer. Safety inspections would not be affected.
"On the new cars you have very, very few emissions problems," said Sen. Harry Brown, a Jacksonville Republican.
The proposal, part of a recommended rewrite of a House-approved bill (H585), was amended to make 70,000 the odometer number. The committee postponed voting on it after questions were raised about another section of the bill not related to inspections.
Efforts by Brown and other legislators to curtail inspection requirements have been defeated repeatedly in recent years, with committee votes that have prevented the issue from being discussed on the House and Senate floors. In May, after legislators were lobbied heavily by garage owners who make money inspecting cars, a joint House-Senate transportation oversight committee killed a proposal to end safety and emissions inspections for newer cars.
--Bruce Siceloff, staff writer
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It is messed up.
June 26, 2012 - 4:33pm — btushaIn July 2010, I bought an 01 Minivan from out of state. I did not have to inspect it until Nov. 2010. In Sept. 2010 my wife bought a new 2011 model sedan. That car had to be inspected in Oct. of 2010. So someone can by a 9 year old car with 100k miles on it from out of state, and not have to inspect it right away. But a brand new car with 25 miles on it has to be inspected. Am I the only one who sees problems with this situation.