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Committee amends engine-brake bill to target commercial vehicles and allow local posting
Summary
The committee advanced Senate Bill 22-53 with amendments limiting prohibitions on engine-compression brakes to commercial motor vehicles that create a noise disturbance and explicitly authorizing cities or counties to post prohibiting zones.
The House Transportation Committee discussed and amended Senate Bill 22-53 to address complaints about loud engine-compression brakes. Chairman Ruby summarized the bill and noted that enforcement had relied on noise ordinances in some cities.
Representative Koppelman and others raised concerns about unintentionally penalizing vehicles with factory-installed engine brakes and suggested limiting enforcement to commercial…
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