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Senate committee advances bill removing a legal defense in vehicle-noise cases
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Senator Russ Temple, sponsor of Senate Bill 264 and the bill’s presenter, told the Senate Transportation Committee the bill removes a subsection that has been used to block convictions for motor-vehicle noise violations.
Senator Russ Temple, sponsor of Senate Bill 264 and the bill’s presenter, told the Senate Transportation Committee the bill removes a subsection that has been used to block convictions for motor-vehicle noise violations.
"Basically, we just scratched it out," Senator Russ Temple said. "It sort of gives a guy a get out of jail card free if you have one of these pickups ... that is making a bunch of noise, and you get stopped from making a bunch of noise."
The bill deletes language that, as written, could prevent conviction if a person had "reasonable grounds to believe that that vehicle was not operated in a…
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