1999 Florida Code
TITLE XXIII MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 325 Vehicle Safety Equipment and Inspections  
325.210   Preinspection repairs; postinspection repair shop responsibilities; exception.

325.210  Preinspection repairs; postinspection repair shop responsibilities; exception.--If, after any motor vehicle repair shop advertises or represents to its customers that repairs will be made enabling the vehicle to pass the state-certified emissions inspection and the shop makes any repairs it determines to be necessary to enable the motor vehicle to pass such inspection, and the motor vehicle fails to pass the inspection, and if the owner returns the motor vehicle to such repair shop within 2 weeks after such inspection for any additional repairs necessary to enable the motor vehicle to pass such inspection, the repair shop shall make such additional repairs and shall charge the motor vehicle owner for only the generally accepted retail cost of parts for the additional repairs necessary to enable the motor vehicle to pass such emissions inspection. Additionally, any motor vehicle repair shop that tests any motor vehicle within 90 days prior to the expiration of the motor vehicle registration period shall disclose, prior to undertaking repairs, the statutory limits on emissions-related repair costs established in s. 325.209, and shall disclose that the cost of any repairs done more than 30 days prior to the state-certified emissions inspection will not qualify to satisfy these limits. Such disclosure shall be provided to the consumer on at least one document or form that is signed by the consumer prior to undertaking repairs and shall also be prominently posted in a public area at the repair shop's place of business. Such disclosure shall contain the following language: "LIMITS ON EMISSIONS REPAIRS: Waivers from additional repair costs in excess of $100 for model years 1975-1979, and $200 for model years 1980 and thereafter, may be available from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for repairs done after failing the state-certified emissions inspection or within 30 days prior to such inspection." Any repair shop which charges the owner more than the generally accepted retail cost for parts necessary for such additional repairs, or that does not make the required disclosure, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. This section does not apply if the owner of the vehicle takes the vehicle to another repair shop for such additional repairs.

History.--s. 3, ch. 92-39.