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California Exhaust Note
SEMA submitted a proposal to the California Legislative Counsel for a new bill that would provide for a statewide exhaust sysytem testing program. Under the proposal, owners of vehicles deemed by law enforcement officers to be in violation of California's 95-decibel exhaust noise limit would be issued a notice to correct the violation. Upon delivering proof that a test of the exhaust system was performed at a licensed muffler certification station and the exhaust sysytem was found to comply with the prescribed decibel limit, the violation would be certified as corrected. While this new legislation will still allow the authorities to issue "fix-it" tickets, it also allows hobbyists to objectively prove that their exhaust systems comply with California law.
Senator Maurice Johannessen (R) has agreed to introduce the bill on SEMA's behalf. You may remember Johannessen as the author of S.B. 1081, the bill that was signed into law last session that compelled law enforcement to tie exhaust-system noise citations to a 95-decibel limit.