(A) As provided in Section 66-3-7 NMSA 1978, the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division may refuse registration or issuance of a certificate of title or any transfer or registration upon the ground that the vehicle has not satisfactorily met the requirements of the Board's exhaust emissions inspection regulations as applicable and adopted pursuant to this article. This shall be the primary method of enforcing the emissions requirements of this article.
(B) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the Board or the Director from utilizing any other enforcement mechanisms granted to them pursuant to § 9-5-1-11 of the Joint Air Quality Control Board regulations in this code of ordinances or the New Mexico Air Quality Control Act, Sections 74-2-1 through 74-2-17 NMSA 1978.
(C) Law enforcement officers shall check for satisfactory re-registration whenever they have occasion to stop or inspect a motor vehicle for any nonemergency law-enforcement purpose. In addition, surveys specifically for enforcing this article may be undertaken. This subsection shall not limit any other lawful procedure available to law enforcement officers.
(D) Any person representing any place to be an authorized inspection station which is not currently approved as such by the Director shall be subject to the penalty provisions set forth in § 1-1-99.
(E) Any person who knowingly and falsely advertises that he employs a certified emissions inspector or any individual who falsely holds himself out as a certified emissions inspector shall be subject to the penalty provisions set forth in § 1-1-99.
(F) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person subject to this article to fail to have a vehicle inspection test performed pursuant to the provisions of this article and regulations adopted thereto.
('74 Code, § 9-1-8) (Ord. 47-1987; Am. Ord. 33-1988; Am. Ord. 24-1989) Penalty, see § 1-1-99