eligibility and criteria

eligibility and criteria Sec. 302. (a) A State may be eligible for grants or other assistance under this title if the Secretary determines on the basis of an application by such State that such State will undertake a motor vehicle diagnostic inspection demonstration project which meets the requirements of subsection (b) of this section. (b) (1) A motor vehicle diagnostic inspection demonstration project shall be designed, established, and operated to conduct periodic safety inspections of motor vehicles pursuant to criteria established by the Secretary by regulation and emission inspections pursuant to criteria established by the Secretary by regulation in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Such project shall require an additional inspection of any motor vehicle subject to the demonstration project (as determined by the Secretary)— (A) whenever the title to such motor vehicle is transferred to another person unless the transfer is for the purpose of resale; and (B) whenever such motor vehicle sustains substantial damage to any safety-related or emission-related system or subsystem, as prescribed by the Secretary. (3) To the greatest extent practicable, such inspections shall be conducted so as to provide specific technical diagnoses of each motor vehicle inspected in order to facilitate correction of any component failing inspection. (4) A demonstration project shall provide for reinspection of vehicles which initially fail to meet the safety and emission standards established for the project after repair. (5) Each project shall provide to the Secretary information and data relating to the development of diagnostic testing equipment designed to maximize the interchangeability and interface capability of test equipment and vehicles, and information, and data relating to the costs and benefits of such projects, including information and data relating to vehicle-in-use standards, vehicle designs which facilitate or hinder86 Stat. 961 inspection and repair, the standardization of diagnostic systems and test equipment, the capability of the motor vehicle repair industry to correct diagnosed deficiencies or malfunctions and the costs of such repairs, the relative costs and benefits of the project, the efficiency of facility designs employed, recommendations as to feasible reject levels which may be employed, in any such project and such other information and data as the Secretary may require.