By The Star Staff
The vehicle inspection process in Puerto Rico will undergo changes, Transportation and Public Works (DTOP) Secretary Eileen Vélez Vega said Monday.
Vélez Vega said rules will be amended so that vehicles under two years old will be inspected in their third year of use.
“An amendment will be made to the regulations of the inspection centers to add that now it is three years …,” she said in a radio interview. “If you have a vehicle that is only two years old, you would have had to inspect it in November of this year, but now you have one more year to inspect it.”
The agency has 90 days to make amendments to the law so they can become effective in November.
Vélez Vega also pointed out that improvements are being worked on in the inspection sticker payment system, and that payments can be made through the digital application of the Driver Services Center. Problems were reported with the payment process and the balance of fines, among other processes. For this reason, the agency passed a resolution so that citizens could renew their stickers without having to present a reconciliation of proof of payment to the AutoExpreso system.
The resolution went into effect on Aug. 12 and will be valid until Sept. 30 while improvements are made to the system.
“One of the resolutions expired on Saturday,” Vélez Vega said. “We were giving until August 31 to people who could not renew the stickers that expired in July. Well, July and August ended on Saturday. …”
The DTOP secretary also clarified that although there is a second resolution in force until Sept. 30 that allows citizens to carry out their renewal process without having to present evidence of payment reconciliation, as of September payments can be made digitally, facilitating and speeding up the process.
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