(1) The executive director is authorized to issue, deny, cancel, suspend, or revoke licensure for, and shall furnish instructions and all necessary forms to, diesel emissions inspection stations and inspectors. Fees for such licenses shall be established by regulations promulgated by the executive director.
The executive director shall supervise the activities of licensed diesel emissions inspection stations and inspectors and shall cause inspections to be made of such stations and records and such inspectors for compliance with licensure requirements. The accuracy of a licensed station's smoke opacity meters shall be inspected not less than once every sixty days.
The executive director shall require the surrender of any license which has beenissued upon the cancellation, suspension, or revocation of the license for a violation of any of the provisions or of any of the regulations of the diesel emissions inspection program established pursuant to this part 4.
The executive director shall adopt regulations for the administration and operation ofdiesel emissions inspection stations and for the issuance, identification, and use of certifications of emissions control and shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to improve the effectiveness of the diesel emissions inspection program.
(a) On and after January 1, 1991, the executive director shall hold hearings annually concerning the maximum inspection fee in order to ascertain whether such fee provides fair compensation for performing diesel emission-opacity inspections and represents an equitable charge to the consumer for such inspection.
(b) Repealed.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2319, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2002: (5)(b) repealed, p. 871, § 8, effective August 7.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-7-603 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-405 was relocated to § 42-4-506.