a. 
The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings:
DIESEL-POWERED MOTOR VEHICLE
Shall mean a vehicle which is self-propelled by a compression-ignition-type of internal combustion engine and which is designed primarily for transporting persons or property on a public street or highway.
GASOLINE-FUELED MOTOR VEHICLE
Shall mean any motor vehicle equipped to be powered by a hydrocarbon fuel other than diesel fuel, but including alcohol fuels and hydrocarbon-alcohol fuel blends.
IDLE
Means the motor vehicle operating mode consisting of a nonloaded, throttled engine speed at the revolutions per minute specified by the manufacturer or at any other engine speed.
b. 
For purposes of this section, noncommercial passenger vehicles and motorcycles are excluded.
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a. 
No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the engine of a diesel-powered or gasoline-fueled motor vehicle to idle for more than three consecutive minutes if the vehicle is not in motion, except:
1. 
A motor vehicle at the vehicle operator's place of business where the motor vehicle is permanently assigned may idle for 30 consecutive minutes; or
2. 
A motor vehicle may idle for 15 consecutive minutes when the vehicle engine has been stopped for three or more hours.
b. 
The provisions of Paragraph a above shall not apply to:
1. 
Autobuses while discharging or picking up passengers;
2. 
Motor vehicles stopped in a line of traffic;
3. 
Motor vehicles whose primary and/or secondary power source is utilized in whole or in part for necessary and definitively prescribed mechanical operation other than propulsion, passenger compartment heating or air conditioning;
4. 
Motor vehicles being or waiting to be examined by state or federal motor vehicle inspectors;
5. 
Emergency motor vehicles in an emergency situation;
6. 
Motor vehicles while being repaired;
7. 
Motor vehicles while engaged in the process of connection, detachment or exchange of trailers; or
8. 
Motor vehicles manufactured with a sleeper berth while being used, in a nonresidentially zoned area, by the vehicle's operator for sleeping or resting.
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Any person violating any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not less than $100 nor greater than $1,000 for each violation.