A.
Government vehicles operated in Area A and Area B shall be inspected as
follows:
1. At a licensed fleet station
operated by the government entity;
2. At a state station upon payment of the
fee; or
3. At a state station upon
payment of the contracted fee, either singly or in combination with other
government fleet operators.
B. A government vehicle, except a federally
owned vehicle that is excluded from the definition of motor vehicle under
40 CFR
85.1703, shall be inspected according to this
Article and shall have a government vehicle certificate of inspection (GVCOI)
affixed to the vehicle if in compliance with state emissions requirements.
1. The vehicle emissions inspector performing
the inspection shall punch out the appropriate year and month on the GVCOI to
designate the date of the vehicle's next annual or biennial inspection.
2. If the vehicle emissions
inspection is performed at a fleet station, the emissions inspector shall
record administratively complete results of the inspection into the
Department's web portal on the day of the inspection. The unique number on the
GVCOI sticker must be entered along with the emissions testing results for the
vehicle.
2.
3. A government vehicle, with the exception of a
motorcycle or an undercover law enforcement vehicle, shall have the GVCOI
affixed to the lower left side of the rear window as determined from a position
facing the window, from outside the vehicle. If a vehicle does not have a rear
window, the GVCOI shall be affixed to the lower left corner of the windshield
as determined from the driver's position.
3.
A government motorcycle shall have the Government
Vehicle Certificate of Inspection affixed to the lower left-hand corner of the
windscreen as determined from the driver's position. If the Government Vehicle
Certificate of Inspection cannot be affixed to the lower left-hand corner of
the windscreen, the Government Vehicle Certificate of Inspection may be affixed
to a visible position on the front or left side of the left front fork of the
motorcycle. The fork shall be determined from the driver's
position.
C. The GVCOI shall be purchased from the the
Department's web portal.
1. The fee for a
certificate of inspection shall be fixed by the Director according to A.R.S.
§
49-543, and shall be based upon
the Director's estimated costs to the state of administering and enforcing the
provisions of this Article as they apply to issuance of certificates of
inspections.
2. Only the
Department may sell or otherwise transfer GVCOI.
D.
All Government Vehicle Certificates of Inspection
shall be designed, issued, and administered to ensure compliance with this
Article. The Department shall be the only source of supply for Government
Vehicle Certificates of Inspection.
E.
Government entity fleet stations shall inspect the
fleet vehicles according to R18-2-1019 except that a government vehicle
certificate of inspection shall only be used for government
vehicles.
F.
A government entity fleet station shall send a
quarterly statement identifying vehicles and test results to the Department
within 10 business days following the end of the
quarter.
Notes
Ariz. Admin.
Code §
R18-2-1017
Adopted effective
January 13, 1976 (Supp. 76-1). Amended effective January 3, 1977 (Supp. 77-1).
Amended effective January 3, 1979 (Supp. 79-1). Amended effective January 1,
1986 (Supp. 85-6). Former Section R9-3-1017 renumbered as Section R18-2-1017
and subsection (E) amended effective August 1, 1988 (Supp. 88-3). Amended
effective November 14, 1994 (Supp. 94-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 6
A.A.R. 562, effective January 14, 2000 (Supp. 00-1). Amended by final
rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 90, effective January 1, 2002 (Supp. 01-4). Amended by
final rulemaking at
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A.A.R. 485, effective 6/1/2019.
