Trans 131.13(1)(a) (a) All contractor employees and all employees of any authorized inspection facility subcontractor who perform any official inspection functions shall have a license issued by the contractor. No person may either receive a license or have a license renewed as an inspector unless the person demonstrates to the department, by training and examination, proficiency in all of the following:

Trans 131.13(1)(a)1. 1. Air pollution causes and effects.

Trans 131.13(1)(a)2. 2. Purpose, function and goals of the inspection program.

Trans 131.13(1)(a)3. 3. State inspection regulations.

Trans 131.13(1)(a)4. 4. Inspection procedures and rationale for their design.

Trans 131.13(1)(a)5. 5. Emission control devices, configuration and inspection.

Trans 131.13(1)(a)6. 6. Inspection equipment operation and maintenance.

Trans 131.13(1)(a)7. 7. Quality control procedures.

Trans 131.13(1)(a)8. 8. Public relations.

Trans 131.13(1)(a)9. 9. Safety and health issues related to the inspection process.

Trans 131.13(1)(b) (b) Trainees shall both pass, by a minimum of 80% correct responses, a written test and demonstrate the ability, without the assistance of another person, to conduct a proper inspection as a condition of successfully completing a licensing examination administered by a party other than the contractor.

Trans 131.13(1)(c) (c) An applicant for a vehicle emissions inspection license who fails an examination for inspector shall successfully complete the applicable vehicle emissions inspector training program prior to reexamination for license.

Trans 131.13(2) (2) Licensing. Upon completion of training and all other licensing requirements, the contractor shall issue a photo identification badge containing the inspector’s photograph, name, unique, non-transferable inspector number and the expiration date of the inspector’s license. Training and licensing records for each employee so licensed shall be maintained both at the contractor’s headquarters and at the employee’s primary inspection station or other authorized inspection facility.

Trans 131.13(3) (3) Renewal. Licenses issued to vehicle emissions inspectors shall be valid for 2 years. Inspectors shall complete both refresher training and testing prior to license renewal.

Trans 131.13(4) (4) Auditing. Representatives of the department or its designated agent shall conduct both overt and covert, scheduled and unscheduled audits.

Trans 131.13(5) (5) Penalties. Failure of either the contractor or any of its employees or of any authorized inspection facility subcontractor or its employees to pass any portion of an overt or covert audit shall result in the imposition of a penalty. These penalties, established in the penalty schedule section of the contract, may require that the contractor either suspend or revoke inspector licenses or incur liquidated damages, or both.

Trans 131.13(6) (6) Challenge mechanism.

Trans 131.13(6)(a) (a) A motorist who alleges that either an incorrect inspection occurred or that fraud or abuse influenced the results of the inspection may contest the results of that inspection by notifying the department immediately after the inspection, or as soon as possible after discovering the problem.

Trans 131.13(6)(b) (b) The department’s quality assurance representative shall investigate the complaint. If the results of that investigation indicate that the inspection may have occurred incorrectly or that fraud or abuse may have influenced the results of the inspection, the department’s quality assurance representative shall arrange for a reinspection at the technical assistance center or other facility by an inspector designated by the department to perform the functions of a technical assistance center at a time convenient to all parties.

Trans 131.13(6)(c) (c) Results of the technical assistance center inspection or inspection by an inspector designated by the department to perform the functions of a technical assistance center shall supersede the results of the contested station lane or other authorized inspection facility inspection.

Trans 131.13 History History: Cr. Register, June, 1993, No. 450, eff. 7-1-93; r. and recr. Register, April, 1996, No. 484, eff. 5-1-96; am. (1) (a) (intro.), (2), (5) (a) and (b), Register, May, 2001, No. 545, eff. 6-1-01; CR 07-114: am. (1) (a) and 6., (2), (5) (a) and (b) and (6) (c) Register June 2008 No. 630, eff. 7-1-08; CR 10-088: am. (1) (a) 4. and 6. and (6) (b) and (c) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; 2013 Wis. Act 363: renum. (5) (a) to (5), r. (5) (b) Register May 2014 No. 701, eff. 6-1-14.

Trans 131.14 Trans 131.14 Remote sensing.

Trans 131.14(1) (1) General. The contractor shall use remote sensing to measure the in-use vehicle emissions in any county identified under s. 110.20 (5), Stats. Any nonexempt vehicle that has passed its last emission reinspection under s. Trans 131.03 (11), and fails the remote sensing test by exceeding the remote emission standards under sub. (4), shall have an emission inspection under s. 110.20 (9) (g), Stats. Penalty for failure to comply with this section consists of suspension of vehicle registration as set forth in s. 341.63 (1) (e), Stats.

Trans 131.14(2) (2) When inspection required.

Trans 131.14(2)(a) (a) The owner or lessee of a nonexempt vehicle that fails the remote sensing test shall have an emission inspection within 45 days of notification of a remote sensing test failure.

Trans 131.14(2)(b) (b) Vehicles that fail the remote sensing test, but are scheduled to receive an emission inspection required under s. 110.20 (6), Stats., within 90 days of remote sensing test failure, or for which temporary exemptions will expire within 30 days of remote sensing test failure, shall receive notification of the remote sensing test failure but are exempt from the inspection requirements of s. 110.20 (9) (g), Stats.

Trans 131.14(2)(c) (c) Vehicles that have a valid emission inspection waiver at the time of remote sensing test failure are exempt from the inspection requirements of s. 110.20 (9) (g), Stats.

Trans 131.14(3) (3) Scope and nature of remote sensing test. The test shall consist of using an open-path infrared sensor to measure the concentration of one or more of the following pollutants present in the vehicle’s exhaust:

Trans 131.14(3)(a) (a) Hydrocarbons.