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BUTLER, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A fairly common sight at Butler Auto Body is cars and SUVs pulling in for emissions tests, which are required in southeastern Wisconsin. However, a group of state lawmakers is calling on Congress to remove the region from the list of places where emissions testing is mandated under the Clean Air Act.

In Wisconsin, vehicles registered in Milwaukee, Kenosha, Racine, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington and Sheboygan counties are subject to the testing rules. Owners must take their cars in for testing every other year, as well as at the time of a sale if the vehicle is more than five years old.

State Rep. Bob Donovan (R-Greenfield) is leading the push to end the testing requirement. He, along with 17 other state lawmakers, wrote a letter Monday to the state's con

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