§ 47-12-423. Emission control system - Disconnection, alteration, modification, or replacement.  


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  • A.  On any motor vehicle originally designed and equipped with an emission control system such system shall be maintained in good working order.

    B.  No person shall:

    1.  Disconnect any part of such system except temporarily in order to make repairs, replacements, or adjustments;

    2.  Modify or alter such system or its operation in any manner; or

    3.  Operate, and no owner shall cause or permit to be operated, any motor vehicle originally equipped with such system while any part of that system is known by the owner to be disconnected or while that system or its operation is modified or altered in any manner.

    C.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to any disconnection, alteration, modification, or replacement of a nature intended to increase effectiveness of the system in controlling the emission of air pollutants.

Added by Laws 2003, c.411, § 64, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.