<section number="41-1a-1223"><effdate>7/1/2026</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2026GS">295</modchap>, 2026 General Session</history><modyear>2026</modyear></histories><catchline>Local emissions compliance fee -- Exemptions -- Transfer -- County ordinance -- Notice.</catchline><subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)"><subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)(a)"><subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)(a)(i)">A county legislative body of a county that is required to utilize a motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program or in which an emissions inspection and maintenance program is necessary to attain or maintain any national ambient air quality standard in accordance with Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="41-6a-1642" start="0">41-6a-1642</xref> may impose a local emissions compliance fee of up to:<subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)(a)(i)(A)">$3 on each motor vehicle registration within the county for a motor vehicle registration under Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="41-1a-215" start="0">41-1a-215</xref>; or</subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)(a)(i)(B)">$2.25 on each motor vehicle registration within the county for a six-month registration period under Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="41-1a-215.5" start="0">41-1a-215.5</xref>.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)(a)(ii)">A fee imposed under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="41-1a-1223(1)(a)(i)" start="0">(1)(a)(i)</xref> shall be set in $0.25 increments.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)(b)">If imposed under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="41-1a-1223(1)(a)(i)" start="0">(1)(a)(i)</xref>, at the time application is made for registration or renewal of registration of a motor vehicle under this chapter, the applicant shall pay the local emissions compliance fee established by the county legislative body.</subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)(c)">The following are exempt from the fee required under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="41-1a-1223(1)(a)(i)" start="0">(1)(a)(i)</xref>:<subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)(c)(i)">a motor vehicle that is exempt from the registration fee under Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="41-1a-1209" start="0">41-1a-1209</xref> or Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="41-1a-419(3)" start="0">41-1a-419(3)</xref>;</subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)(c)(ii)">a commercial vehicle with an apportioned registration under Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="41-1a-301" start="0">41-1a-301</xref>;</subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)(c)(iii)">an electric motor vehicle; and</subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(1)(c)(iv)">a street-legal all-terrain vehicle.</subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(2)">The revenue generated from the fees collected under this section shall be transferred to the county that imposed the fee.</subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(3)">To impose or change the amount of a fee under this section, the county legislative body shall pass an ordinance:<subsection number="41-1a-1223(3)(a)">approving the fee;</subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(3)(b)">setting the amount of the fee; and</subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(3)(c)">providing an effective date for the fee as provided in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="41-1a-1223(4)" start="0">(4)</xref>.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(4)"><subsection number="41-1a-1223(4)(a)">If a county legislative body enacts, changes, or repeals a fee under this section, the enactment, change, or repeal shall take effect on January 1 if the commission receives notice meeting the requirements of Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="41-1a-1223(4)(b)" start="0">(4)(b)</xref> from the county prior to October 1.</subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(4)(b)">The notice described in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="41-1a-1223(4)(a)" start="0">(4)(a)</xref> shall:<subsection number="41-1a-1223(4)(b)(i)">state that the county will enact, change, or repeal a fee under this section;</subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(4)(b)(ii)">include a copy of the ordinance imposing the fee; and</subsection><subsection number="41-1a-1223(4)(b)(iii)">if the county enacts or changes the fee under this section, state the amount of the fee.</subsection></subsection></subsection></section>