A9837-2011 Actions

• Apr 18, 2012: referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development

A9837-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         9837
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 April 18, 2012
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit
 tee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
 relation to snowmobile noise emission levels
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision 1 of section 25.17 of the
 parks, recreation and historic preservation law, as amended  by  chapter
 650 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:

 (e) Mufflers. An adequate muffler system in good working condition. On
 and  after  June first, nineteen seventy-two, no snowmobile manufactured
 after June first, nineteen seventy-two shall be sold or offered for sale
 unless it is equipped in such a way as to limit noise  produced  by  the
 snowmobile  to  not more than eighty-two decibels as measured on the "A"
 scale at fifty feet. On and after June first, nineteen seventy-five,  no
 such  snowmobile  manufactured  after  June first, nineteen seventy-five
 shall be sold or offered for sale unless it is equipped in such a way as
 to limit noise produced by the snowmobile to not more than seventy-eight
 decibels on such scale. On and after June  first,  nineteen  eighty,  no
 such snowmobile manufactured after June first, nineteen eighty, shall be
 sold or offered for sale unless it is equipped in such a way as to limit
 noise produced by the snowmobile to not more than seventy-three decibels
 on  such  scale.    ON  OR  AFTER NOVEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, A
 PERSON SHALL NOT OPERATE A SNOWMOBILE UNLESS THE SNOWMOBILE IS  EQUIPPED
 WITH  A  MUFFLER  IN  GOOD  WORKING ORDER AND IN CONSTANT OPERATION FROM
 WHICH NOISE EMISSION DOES NOT EXCEED EITHER  SEVENTY-EIGHT  DECIBELS  AT
 FIFTY  FEET, AS MEASURED USING THE TWO THOUSAND THREE SOCIETY OF AUTOMO
 TIVE ENGINEERS STANDARD J192 FOR A SNOWMOBILE  MANUFACTURED  AFTER  JULY
 FIRST,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-SEVEN AND SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN
 THIS STATE, OR EIGHTY-EIGHT DECIBELS, AS MEASURED USING THE TWO THOUSAND
 FOUR SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS STANDARD  J2567  FOR  A  STATIONARY
 SNOWMOBILE  MANUFACTURED  AFTER  JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY AND
 SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THIS STATE. Should  the  federal  government
 adopt snowmobile noise level standards different from those contained in
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15265-02-2
 
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 this  paragraph  and require that the state conform thereto, the commis
 sioner shall be authorized to adopt rules  and  regulations  superseding
 the  noise  level  requirements  of this paragraph to achieve compliance
 with  federal standards.   No snowmobile shall be modified by any person
 in any manner that shall amplify or otherwise increase total noise emis
 sion to  a  level  greater  than  that  emitted  by  the  snowmobile  as
 originally constructed, regardless of date of manufacture.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect November 1, 2012.

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