PRINTER'S NO. 1144
No. 998 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY LaGROTTA, BEBKO-JONES, CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN,
GODSHALL, HARHAI, JAMES, LEDERER, LEVDANSKY, MANN, NICKOL,
PHILLIPS, RAYMOND, READSHAW, SCAVELLO, WALKO AND YOUNGBLOOD,
MARCH 16, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 16, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for unlawful sound amplification systems.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
6 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
7 § 4523.1. Sound amplification systems.
8 (a) General rule.--No person shall operate or permit the
9 operation of any sound amplification system, including, but not
10 limited to, a radio, tape player, compact disc player or any
11 other mechanical or nonmechanical sound-making device, which can
12 be heard outside a motor vehicle from 50 or more feet away.
13 (b) Application.--This section shall not apply to:
14 (1) Any emergency or law enforcement vehicle equipped
15 with a sound-making system used to warn of an emergency or
16 hazardous situation or to request assistance.
17 (2) Any authorized emergency vehicle or vehicle operated
1 by a public utility provider which is providing information
2 or a warning deemed to serve the public safety.
3 (3) The sound systems of a vehicle for which a local
4 permit has been issued to be used for advertising, parades,
5 political, charitable or other events as so prescribed by
6 local ordinance.
7 (c) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a
8 summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
9 a fine of not more than $100.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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