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Deano - Here's how I think the language reads:
Paragraph 44011(a) says all vehicles are subject to biennial smog tests except for these vehicles: 1) motorcycles and diesels, 2) any vehicle tested within the previous 6 months, 3) any pre-1976 vehicle, and 4) any vehicle up to 6 years old.

Subparagraph 44011(a)(4)(C) then adds that, if you think you're exempt under one of the 4 exceptions listed above, they might still subject you to testing if any of the following applies:
i) through remote sensing or some other method they think you've tampered with your smog system or would fail a smog test,
ii) the vehicle is being brought into CA and registered here,
iii) the vehicle is being registered as a SPCVN
iv) the vehicle has been selected for testing under 44014.7 (whatever that is).

It's important to remember that 44011(a)(4)(C) is not being changed by this proposed legislation. We've been peacefully co-existing with this via SB100/1578 for a couple of years now & I don't see where this proposed legislation changes it.

Rather than get our panties wadded over some misinterpretation, I'd rather focus on what's not to like about the legislation as it's proposed: the elimination of the rolling 30 year smog requirement. For those of us who've harbored fantasies about heavily modding a mid 70s car in the next couple of years, this proposal pretty much craters that idea.