Title 31, Title 31 and Other Vehicles

The general assembly finds and declares that: (1) Exhaust emissions from heavy-duty diesel engines used in trucks and buses traveling within Rhode Island contribute significantly to air pollution within the state; (2) Heavy-duty diesel engines in a poor state of repair emit highe…

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall, at the direction of the director of the department of revenue and in coordination with the department of environmental management, establish rules and regulations and develop testing techniques and emission standards …

Beginning no later than January 1, 2001, motor vehicles subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a roadside emissions inspection conducted by the state police or such other police officer defined in § 31-1-21 upon a specific designation by the state police, a…

(a) Beginning no later than January 1, 2003, all vehicles subject to the provisions of this chapter and registered in Rhode Island shall be inspected for emissions on a periodic basis. (b) Vehicles subject to the provisions of this chapter which are operated in fleets of ten (10)…