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Please ping the WA chapter to this;

SB 5544 Hunyford amendment;

5544-S AMS HONE DAVI 086

SSB 5544 - S AMD 115

By Senator Honeyford

1 On page 3, line 17, strike all of section 2.

2 On page 3, line 31, strike all of section 3.

3 On page 4, line 30, strike all of section 4.

4 Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any

5 internal references accordingly.

6 7

8 SSB 5544 - S AMD 115

9 By Senator Honeyford

10 11 On page 1, line 2 of the title,

after "46.09.120", strike all 12 material through "penalties" on line 3

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EFFECT: Removes the provisions of the bill increasing the penalties for off-road vehicle noise violations.

Removes the provisions of the bill providing that it is a violation for noise from an offroad vehicle to be plainly audible or above 45 decibels inside or within 10 feet of a residence or above 55 decibels at the property line.

Removes the provision of the bill allowing for the recovery of attorney's fees for a violation of off-road vehicle noise rules.

Could everyone PLEASE send a note to their state senator urging them to support this amendment 1st thing this morning.

SB 5544 will very likely get a floor vote this morning, and we need to take out this language that replaces law enforcement with civil suits, of which the moving party is guaranteed attorney costs, no matter the outcome.

The amendment leaves intact the drop from 105 db to 96 db for new models, which the ORV community supports.

We're having our ORV rally at the capitol campus today.