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2024 SESSION
HB 884 Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee.
Introduced by: Vivian E. Watts | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee. Prohibits passenger car exhaust systems from emitting noise in excess of 95 decibels in Planning District 8 on any highway; driveway or premises of a church, school, recreational facility, or business; any governmental property open to the public; any industrial establishment providing parking space for customers, patrons, or employees; and any highway under construction or not yet open to the public.
The bill allows, in Planning District 8, a law-enforcement officer to stop a passenger car he determines is emitting exhaust system noise in excess of such limit and issue a notice of an administrative fee of $250 to be assessed at the time of the vehicle's next registration renewal and establishes a process for inspecting such vehicle.
The bill has a contingent effective date of January 1, 2025, provided that the Department of Environmental Quality has received the necessary funding to supply the necessary equipment for such vehicle exhaust system inspections to inspection stations. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2027.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102661D pdf
- 01/30/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105951D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102661D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/18/24 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Highway Safety and Policy
- 01/24/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/30/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105951D-H1
- 01/30/24 House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
- 01/30/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/09/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 02/09/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/09/24 House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 8-N)
- 02/11/24 House: Read first time
- 02/12/24 House: Read second time
- 02/12/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24105951D-H1
- 02/12/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB884H1
- 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N)
- 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/26/24 Senate: Reported from Transportation (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/27/24 Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N)