Emissions inspections officially roll out Sunday, November 1, but crews were met with state-level issues.

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A worst-case scenario emerged on Sunday, November 1, as emissions inspections rolled out across San Antonio and Bexar County. Drivers eager to get their vehicle registration renewed lined up hours before shops opened Sunday, only to sit for hours as a state-level coding shop denied testing companies access to the Texas database. The solution has been slow-moving.

For months, hundreds of shops around San Antonio have been toiling away to get registered as an emissions inspection site ahead of November 1.…