Subd. 1. Requirement.

1. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions 1a and 3, each motor vehicle registered to an owner residing in the metropolitan area and each motor vehicle customarily domiciled in the metropolitan area but exempt from registration under section 168.012 or 473.448 must be inspected annually for air pollution emissions as provided in sections 116.60 to 116.65.
2. (b) The inspections must take place at a public or fleet inspection station. The inspections must take place within 90 days prior to the registration deadline for the vehicle or, for vehicles that are exempt from license fees under section 168.012 or 473.448, at a time set by the agency.
3. (c) The registration on a motor vehicle subject to paragraph (a) may not be renewed unless the vehicle has been inspected for air pollution emissions as provided in sections 116.60 to 116.65 and received a certificate of compliance or a certificate of waiver.

Subd. 1a. Exception for new vehicles.

A vehicle need not be inspected until the year in which it is being registered is five years more than its model year.

Subd. 2. Exempt vehicles.

The following motor vehicles are exempt from the requirements of this section:

1. (1) a motor vehicle manufactured before the 1976 model year or with an engine manufactured before the 1976 model year;
2. (2) a motor vehicle registered as classic, pioneer, collector, or street rod under section 168.10;
3. (3) a motor vehicle that is exempted in accordance with rules of the agency because the vehicle, although registered to an owner residing in the metropolitan area, is customarily domiciled outside of the metropolitan area; and
4. (4) any class of motor vehicle that is exempted by rule of the agency because the vehicles present prohibitive inspection problems or are inappropriate for inspection.

Subd. 3. Termination of testing requirement.

Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a motor vehicle is not required to be inspected annually for air pollution emissions on or after March 1, 2000, or on or after the first day of the second month following the month a notice is published in the Federal Register by the United States Environmental Protection Agency redesignating the Twin Cities nonattainment area for carbon monoxide to attainment for carbon monoxide, whichever is earlier.

* NOTE: This section is repealed by Laws 1999, chapter 178, *section 10, paragraph (a), effective March 1, 2000. Laws 1999, *chapter 178, section 11.