New York A02486 prohibits disabling, removing, or interfering with emission control devices and using emission tampering devices.

New York A02486, known as the "emission tampering act," amends the environmental conservation law to add a new title on emission tampering. It prohibits tampering with emission control devices, selling, offering for sale, distributing, possessing, installing, or attempting to install aftermarket defeat devices. A violation is punishable by a civil penalty. The Department of Environmental Conservation, jointly with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Transportation, must modify the annual inspection and roadside program to require visual inspections for aftermarket defeat.

New York A02486 prohibits disabling, removing, or interfering with emission control devices and using emission tampering devices.

New York A02486, known as the "emission tampering act," amends the environmental conservation law to add a new title on emission tampering. It prohibits tampering with emission control devices, selling, offering for sale, distributing, possessing, installing, or attempting to install aftermarket defeat devices. A violation is punishable by a civil penalty. The Department of Environmental Conservation, jointly with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Transportation, must modify the annual inspection and roadside program to require visual inspections for aftermarket defeat.