A resolution approving amendments to Regulation No. 8 of the Metropolitan Board of Health regarding inspection and maintenance of light-duty motor vehicles.

Whereas, Section 10.56.240 of the Metropolitan Code authorizes the Metropolitan Board of Health to adopt and promulgate regulations for a program of inspection and maintenance (I&M) of internal combustion engines and requires that any such regulation be approved by regulation of the Metropolitan Council; and,

Whereas, the Board of Health adopted and promulgated its Regulation No. 8 that established the I&M program, including inspection fees; and,

Whereas, Regulation No. 8 and subsequent amendments thereto have been approved by resolutions of the Metropolitan Council; and,

Whereas, the inspection fees of Six Dollars ($6.00) for individually-owned light-duty vehicles and Three Dollars ($3.00) per vehicle for fleet-owned light-duty vehicles have remained unchanged since the inception of the I&M program in January 1985; and,

Whereas, on July 10, 2001 and July 31, 2001, the Board of Health adopted two amendments to Regulation No. 8, the first of which added a new testing procedure required by federal law called the Onboard Diagnostics Test (OBD), and the second which increased the inspection fees to Ten Dollars ($10.00) for individually-owned light-duty vehicles and Five Dollars ($5.00) for fleet-owned light-duty vehicles; and,

Whereas, the State of Tennessee has already adopted OBD requirements and identical inspection fee increases to be applied in Sumner, Wilson, Rutherford, and Williamson Counties where the State operates I&M programs; and,

Whereas, it is in the best interest of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County for the Metropolitan Council to approve the amendments to Regulation No. 8.

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Council of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County:

Section 1. That the amendments to Regulation No. 8 of the Metropolitan Board of Health, amending Sections 8-1, 8-4, 8-5, 8-6, 8-7, and 8-9 thereof, to add Onboard Diagnostic Testing and to increase the inspection fees to Ten Dollars ($10.00) for individually-owned light-duty vehicles and Five Dollars ($5.00) for fleet-owned vehicles, a copy of which amended Regulation No. 8 is attached hereto and made a part of this Resolution, be and the same are hereby approved.

Section 2. That this Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored By: Saletta Holloway & Howard Gentry

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

RESOLUTION NO. RS2001-716

Mr. President:

I move to amend Resolution No. RS2001-716 by adding the following sentence at

the end of Section 1 thereof:

The increase in the inspection fees to Ten Dollars ($10.00) and Five Dollars ($5.00) respectively as stated in Section 8-9 of regulation No. 8 shall take effect on October 1, 2001.

Sponsored By: Howard Gentry

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Referred to:	Budget & Finance Committee Health & Hospitals Committee
Introduced:	August 21, 2001
Amended:	August 21, 2001
Adopted:	August 21, 2001
Approved:	August 23, 2001
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