2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §49-546  Fleet emissions inspection stations; certificates of inspection; dealer\'s inventory; investigations; revocation or suspension of permit

A. Any registered owner or lessee of a fleet of at least twenty-five vehicles may apply to the director for a permit to establish a fleet emissions inspection station. The director shall not issue any fleet emissions inspection station permit until he has found that the applicant:

1. Maintains an established place of business for the repair and maintenance of the applicant's fleet of vehicles.

2. Has obtained approved machinery, tools and equipment to adequately conduct the required emissions inspections.

3. Employs properly trained and licensed personnel with which to perform the necessary labor.

4. Agrees to provide data as may be prescribed by the director.

B. Any operator of a fleet emissions inspection station under a valid permit shall, upon filing an application in the manner and form prescribed by the director and paying the prescribed fee, receive a sufficient number of certificates of inspection for each vehicle in the applicant's fleet. No certificate of inspection shall be issued to any fleet vehicle until it has been inspected and found to comply with applicable regulations. A certificate of inspection issued to a fleet vehicle is transferable to an auctioneer who intends to sell the vehicle and who is licensed as a used motor vehicle dealer. The certificate of inspection is valid for a period of not to exceed one hundred eighty days after the transfer unless the vehicle is reregistered with a new owner, in which case the vehicle shall be inspected in accordance with this article before the reregistration.

C. No holder of a fleet emissions inspection station permit shall inspect or certificate any vehicle for which such permittee is not the registered owner or lessee, unless authorized by the director.

D. Vehicles which are owned by a licensed vehicle dealer and which are held for resale as a part of the dealer's business inventory shall be deemed a part of such dealer's vehicle fleet for purposes of this section.

E. Every vehicle subject to the provisions of this section and registered in this state shall be inspected in accordance with the provisions of this article at least once within each twelve-month period following any original registration or reregistration. No vehicle that is subject to the provisions of this section may be registered or reregistered until such vehicle has passed inspection or been issued a waiver pursuant to section 49-542.

F. The director shall investigate the operation of each fleet emissions inspection station as the conditions and circumstances of such operation may indicate. He may require the holder of any fleet permit to submit such documentation required concerning the operation of such inspection station. The director may suspend or revoke and require the surrender and forfeiture of any fleet emissions inspection station permit and certificates of inspection of such permittee if he finds that such station is not operated in accordance with this article and the lawful rules and regulations adopted by the director or the holder of such permit has failed or refused to submit records or documentation required.

G. For the purposes of section 49-542.03, the provisions of this section apply to a fleet motor vehicle dealer who meets both of the following conditions:

1. The principal place of business is within fifty miles of the outer boundary of area A.

2. The dealer certifies to the department that customers who reside in area A are the primary source of their business.