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Originally Posted by Noah930
Interesting. So it's not just pay $200 for your 30 year-old car and be forever free from smogging. But you have to FAIL two smog tests in a row. Fail once, get repairs, then fail a second time. THEN you can pay $200 to get out of having to smog the car ever again. So the way the law is written, you WANT your car to fail smog to avoid the hassle of having to do it again in the future.
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Well, it depends on what you mean by "free from smogging." You still have to have an emissions test every two years and go through the process again, including paying $200 each time, after making "repairs." The bill does not specifically say this, but the way it is written, it
does not specifically exempt waived cars from the biannual inspections either. So yes, you will not have to bring your car up to specs and pass smog again, but you will have to get tested. Otherwise, you'd be put in the same category as pre-76 model year cars which require no testing whatsoever, and that was not the intention of the law. They want classic car owners to be able to operate their vehicles but more important,
they want a revenue stream from the waiver fees for that privilege.