SB 95-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED
2005 SESSION
06/03
SENATE BILL 95-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to noise from motor vehicles.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Martel, Dist 18; Rep. Hunter, Hills 7; Rep. Craig, Hills 9
COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation
This bill prohibits motor vehicles from emitting loud, unnecessary, unusual, or unreasonable noise, including sound system noise, when operated upon a public way.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0588
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to noise from motor vehicles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Muffler; Prevention of Noise; Other Motor Vehicle Noise. Amend RSA 266:59 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. Motor vehicles shall not emit loud, unnecessary, unusual, or unreasonable noise when operated upon a public way. Unreasonable noise shall include noise emanating from a vehicle sound system that can be plainly heard from a distance of 50 feet or more from the vehicle.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2006.