DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (Sept. 22, 2014) — The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), working with members of the Michigan legislature, said it has decided to abandon a plan to offer a compromise to exhaust noise legislation.
The original measure, which SEMA opposed, sought to prohibit motor-vehicle repair facilities from modifying an exhaust system to “produce noise in excess of OEM stock decibel levels.” That bill carried a fine of $10,000 for each violation, the trade group said.
According to Diamond Bar-based SEMA, the “parties determined that there was insufficient time in the current legislative session to gain a consensus among industry and hobbyist stakeholders” to enable a compromise to be enacted into law.
For the 2014 legislative session, this action essentially kills the bill, SEMA added.