S.B. 208 Vehicle Emission Inspection Program Revisions: transcript

Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee. It's good to be in front of you. Um, pull That mic a little closer to you, I think. Saw any better? That's much Better. Okay. Thank you. SB 2 0 8 is a continuation of an effort that I worked on a few years ago addressing admissions testing and state enforcement tools. Um, this effort from a few years ago came to me from an individual who worked with, at the Weber Health Department, Weber County Health Department. And the concern that he had raised at the time was that, um, there are five or six counties that are subject to admissions testing, Weber being one of them. And the frustration was that the health department, uh, would come across individuals who instead of presenting to the county where they reside for admissions testing, they would just go and register their vehicle in another county where they don't live, sending revenue away from their county to the outside county and essentially skirting the emissions testing, uh, process. And so this employee was frustrated by what he knew was happening, and there was really no mechanism of enforcement to ensure the individuals properly register their vehicle within the county where they reside. And so, a few years ago, a few years ago, the legislature passed a bill that allows counties to impose a civil fee and the ability to open an investigation and look into registration, uh, irreg irregularities. Um, what we failed to do, and what I think would've been proper at the time, is to also allow for a revocation of an individual's registration until they come into compliance with emissions testing requirements. Otherwise, individuals can pay the fee and continue to skirt that requirement. That leaves our government employees banging their heads against the wall, trying to figure out what type of enforcement we can put into place to actually ensure that individuals are registering where they need to register. Um, so I think this is a helpful way to not only give our state employees those tools, but to also ensure that taxpayer revenue is properly allocated to the correct counties. Um, and with that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

Yeah, we're, we're, we're trying to fix that. We're, we're getting there. Alright.

Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, uh, and members of the committee. My name is Bryce Bird. I'm the director of the Division of Air Quality and of course, we, uh, rely on these emissions testing programs to, uh, help us make progress with, uh, air quality. Just, uh, two things with, uh, folks that register out of county and avoid the emissions test. Of course. Uh, a couple of impacts of that. First of all, they're operating those vehicles in counties, uh, and perhaps, uh, providing extra pollution in those counties which would otherwise be controlled, but also by removing those vehicles from the testing pool. It also puts, uh, cost pressures on the, the testing entities to increase the prices to, uh, rather than spread it across the, the full fleet of vehicles, there are fewer vehicles. And so it increased the, the cost for the individual tests. So again, uh, important for air quality and we appreciate your support.

Um, perfect. Thank you. Mr. Chair. Make a motion that we recommend SB 2 0 8 to the floor with a favorable recommendation.

of Motor Vehicles from registering a vehicle. If the owner has unpaid civil penalties for providing a false or improper address, answer any questions.

I motion that, uh, Senate Bill 2 0 8. Be read for a third time.

Senator Vickers Baldry Lewin Ramer bus Aye. Colmore Escamia Aye. Fillmore Grover. Harper Aye. Kins Ipson Johnson. Juab Aye. McKay Mikel Milner Musman Owens pitcher Plum Rebe Sandal Stevenson Stratton Vickers Weiler Wilson Aye. Winterton Stevenson Johnson, no. President Adams Nolan. Two. No. One. Two. Senate Bill 2 0 8.

This bill prohibits the, uh, motor vehicle division from registering a vehicle. If the owner has unpaid civil penalties for providing a false or proper improper address, I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thank you. I move that Senate Bill 2 0 8 pass

Vote. Senator Vickers Baldy Lewin Aye. Brammer Aye. Bus. Aye. Colmore Escamilla Aye. Fillmore Grover Aye. Harper Aye. Kins Aye. Ipson Aye. Johnson Aye. Juab McKay Mikel Milner Musselman Owens pitcher Plum Rebe Sandal Stevenson Stratton Vickers Weiler Wilson Winterton Musman

Thank you Mr. President Potti Motion to encircle Senate resolution four

Meeting clerk Senate Bill 2 0 8, vehicle Emissions Inspection Program revisions by Senator Pitcher. This bill did not receive a standing committee hearing. The house sponsor's Representative Teuscher Representative Teuscher

I would. Uh, colleagues, this is a bill that did not receive a house hearing. However, it is a really good bill. It's very short, easy to read, so I'd encourage everyone to take a look at it. Scrutinize it. I'd be happy to answer questions when we come back and encircle, it'll tell you more about it.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. This is a very simple bill. This bill simply prohibits the DMV from registering a vehicle. If the owner has unpaid civil penalties for providing a false or improper address, as soon as they pay those penalties, or if the car is owned by a new owner, then they can go ahead and register it. But until those penalties are paid, they, the DMV can't register that car. Happy to answer any questions.

Thank you Mr. Speaker. While the sponsor yield Representative Teuscher, will you yield?

Yes. Yes. Representative Watkins, Would you say it? Sorry.

Would you say again, the penalties that they need to take care of If, if they're, um, given a civil penalty because they registered the car to a invalid address or an address that they don't live at. Okay. Thank you. That's all I needed. Thank you Mr. Speaker.

I'll waive summation has been waived.

Uh, thank you. Motion to encircle for substitute SB 3 24.