The House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment offers the following
substitute to HB 663:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 12-9-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
powers and duties of Board of Natural Resources, designation of commissioner or director
as board's agent, and power and duties of director, so as to revise provisions relating to the
fee for motor vehicle emissions inspections; to provide for related matters; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 12-9-46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and
duties of Board of Natural Resources, designation of commissioner or director as board's
agent, and power and duties of director, by revising paragraph (9) of subsection (a) as
follows:
"(9) To prescribe by rule or regulation fees to be charged by emission inspection stations
for the performance of emission inspections; provided, however, that such fee shall be
no less than $10.00 and no more than <del>$25.00</del> <ins>$35.00</ins> per inspection and shall be based on
the cost of performing such inspection in an adequate and proper manner including,
without limitation, the cost of equipment, testing, labor, training, record keeping,
reporting, and other overhead expenses <ins>and may be adjusted annually to reflect the annual
</ins>
<ins>rate of inflation or deflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index, or its successor
or appropriate replacement index, if any, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the United States Department of Labor;
</ins> SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.