§ 309. Legislative findings. 1. The legislature hereby finds and
declares that the safety of the motoring public depends on a modern
system of periodic motor vehicle inspection.

2. In nineteen hundred fifty-nine New York state recognized the need
for inspection of motor vehicles to assure its citizens that their
safety would be protected by removing from its highways those cars whose
mechanical condition did not meet rigid standards of safety.

3. The introduction of anti-pollution devices and newly developed
safety attachments to modern automobiles requires that experimental
inspection stations be established to permit the testing of new methods
of periodic motor vehicle inspection.

4. The creation of new techniques of periodic motor vehicle inspection
has become the concern of the federal government, and federal funds are
now available for the development of criteria for modern inspection
methods. Therefore, legislation should be enacted to promote the
advancement of the periodic motor vehicle inspection program in New York
state.