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| To enact section 4513.42 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| regulate the idling of motor vehicles. | 2 |
| Section 1. That section 4513.42 of the Revised Code be | 3 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 4 |
| Sec. 4513.42. (A) No operator of a motor vehicle shall idle | 5 |
| the engine of the motor vehicle, except as follows: | 6 |
| (1) If the outdoor temperature exceeds twenty degrees | 7 |
| fahrenheit, the operator may idle the motor vehicle engine for not | 8 |
| more than five consecutive minutes in any one-hour period. | 9 |
| (2) If the outdoor temperature is less than or equal to | 10 |
| twenty degrees fahrenheit, the operator may idle the motor vehicle | 11 |
| engine for not more than ten consecutive minutes in any one-hour | 12 |
| period. | 13 |
| (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a motor | 14 |
| vehicle operator in any of the following circumstances: | 15 |
| (1) Heavy traffic congestion or some other adverse traffic | 16 |
| condition exists that requires the engine to be running; | 17 |
| (2) The motor vehicle is being serviced or repaired and in | 18 |
| order to effect the service or repair the engine is required to be | 19 |
| running. | 20 |
| (3) The engine is required to be running for a personal | 21 |
| health or safety reason, such as to maintain the ability of the | 22 |
| operator to see outside the motor vehicle or to maintain an | 23 |
| acceptable interior temperature. | 24 |
| (C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 25 |
| violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a minor | 26 |
| misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender | 27 |
| previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more | 28 |
| violations of division (A) of this section, whoever violates | 29 |
| division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the | 30 |
| fourth degree. | 31 |