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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Feb 23, 2009 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A5980
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ZEBROWSKI
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A5980 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§375 & 381, V & T L
2009-A5980 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5980 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 23, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, BENEDETTO, CASTRO, FIELDS, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, KOON, LANCMAN, REILLY, SPANO, TITONE -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. DelMONTE, DINOWITZ, GREENE, HEVESI, MAISEL, McEN- ENY, PHEFFER, SCHIMEL, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to providing penalties for the operation of a motor vehicle without required muffler and exhaust system equipment THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 31, 31-a and 31-b of section 375 of the vehi- cle and traffic law, subdivision 31 as amended by chapter 337 of the laws of 1971, subdivision 31-a as added by chapter 434 of the laws of 1979 and subdivision 31-b as added by chapter 612 of the laws of 1986, are amended to read as follows: 31. Mufflers and exhaust systems[. Prevention]; PREVENTION of noise. (A) Every motor vehicle, operated or driven upon the highways of the state, shall at all times be equipped with an adequate muffler and exhaust system in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise and no such muffler or exhaust system shall be equipped with a cut-out, bypass, or similar device. No person shall modify the muffler or exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor or exhaust system of such vehicle above that emitted by the muffler or exhaust system originally installed on the vehicle and such original muffler and exhaust system shall comply with all the requirements of this section. [A muffler is] AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, A "MUFFLER" MEANS a device consisting of a series of chambers or baffle plates, or other mechanical design for the purpose of receiving exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, and effective in reducing noise. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01518-05-9
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