N.M. Code R. § 20.11.101.7 Definitions

• Library: New Mexico Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 34, No. 21, November7, 2023
• Citation: N.M. Code R. § 20.11.101.7
• Year: 2023

In addition to the definitions in 20.11.101.7 NMAC the definitions in 20.11.1 NMAC apply unless there is a conflict between definitions, in which case the definition in 20.11.101 NMAC shall govern.

A. "Air Care Inspection Facility" means a business operated by an Independent Contractor authorized by contract in accordance with 20.11.101.18 NMAC to inspect motor vehicles and issue certificates of inspection. Repairs shall not be performed at an AIR CARE Inspection Facility.

B. "Air Care Inspector" means an individual authorized by a certificate issued by the Program to perform inspections of motor vehicles and who has met the requirements of 20.11.101.21 NMAC.

C. "Air Care Technician" means an individual certified in accordance with 20.11.101.18 NMAC to repair and adjust motor vehicles, which are subject to inspection pursuant to 20.11.101 NMAC.

D. "Biennial" means every other year.

E. "Chassis" means the complete motor vehicle, including standard factory equipment, exclusive of the body and cab.

F. "City" means the City of Albuquerque, a New Mexico municipal corporation.

G. "Conditioning Mode" means either a fast idle test condition or loaded test condition.

H. "County" means the County of Bernalillo, a political subdivision of the state of New Mexico.

I. "Dealer" means any person who sells or solicits or advertises the sale of new or used motor vehicles subject to registration in the State of New Mexico and as further defined in the Motor Vehicle Code Section 66Definitions66-1-4.4.D, NMSA 1978.

J. "Distributor" means any person who distributes or sells new or used motor vehicles to dealers and who is not a manufacturer.

K. "Division or VPMD" means the Vehicle Pollution Management Division of the City Environmental Health Department, which provides the staff for the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Vehicle Pollution Management Program.

L. "Driver" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or upon property used for inspections.

M. "Essential Parts" means all integral and body parts of a vehicle of a type required to be registered under the Motor Vehicle Code, the removal, alteration or substitution of which would tend to conceal the identity of the vehicle or substantially alter its appearance, model type or mode of operation.

N. "Exhaust Emissions" means carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon and all other substances emitted through a motor vehicle's exhaust system, after passing downstream of the engine block exhaust ports and exhaust emissions control devices, if any.

O. "Exhaust Emissions Control Device" means equipment designed by the manufacturer of the vehicle and installed on a motor vehicle for the purpose of reducing pollutants emitted from the vehicle, or a system or engine modification designed by the manufacturer of the motor vehicle which causes a reduction of pollutants emitted from the vehicle, or equipment designed by the vehicle manufacturer to prevent damage to or tampering with other exhaust emission control devices.

P. "Field Audit Gas" means a gas mixture with known concentrations of CO2, CO, and HC that is used by the Program to check the accuracy of exhaust gas analyzers used by authorized inspection facilities.

Q. "Fast Idle Test Condition" means an exhaust emission inspection conducted with the engine of vehicle running under an accelerated condition to an extent prescribed by the Program Manager.

R. "Fleet Air Care Station" means any person, business, government entity, firm, partnership or corporation which provides for the construction, equipping, maintaining, staffing, managing and operation of authorized inspection station for the sole purpose of inspecting its private fleet of motor vehicles subject to 20.11.101 NMAC, and not offering inspection services to its employees or the general public. The fleet must include 10 or more vehicles, which are capable of being centrally fueled.

S. "Fuel" means any material that is burned by the engine of a vehicle in order to propel the vehicle.

T. "Gross Vehicle Weight" means the weight of a vehicle without...