[Morgester]

The bill has temporally been placed on hold as we look at emissions issues. Under the previous BAR guidelines (testing to year of the engine) we anticipated that the majority (but not all) of the amnesty seekers would have a fair shot and getting their vehicles registered for road usage. Amnesty was designed to get folks back into compliance with existing law. Amnesty was not designed to address any emission issues.

With the recent BAR revelations, it is not anticipated that amnesty vehicles could meet 2008 emission control requirements. The prevailing view is that if an amnesty vehicle can never meet emission requirements then that vehicle would not apply for amnesty.

For BAR to test at 2008 standards will require DMV to set a model year. DMV currently is not choosing to do so at this time for a variety of reasons. At play are the unintended consequence of past legislative actions that play to both sides of this issue. These issues need to be resolved before we can address amnesty.