Bill Text: PA HB471 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In other required equipment, further providing for exhaust systems, mufflers and noise control.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-18 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB471 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB471-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 523
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 471 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY HANNA, BOYD, BRENNAN, CARROLL, LEVDANSKY, MAHONEY, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, WALKO AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 18, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 18, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in other required equipment, further providing for
exhaust systems, mufflers and noise control.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4523(c) and (d) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 4523. Exhaust systems, mufflers and noise control.
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(c) Mufflers and related equipment.--Every motor vehicle
shall be equipped with a [muffler] factory-installed muffler, a
muffler meeting factory specifications or other effective noise
suppressing system in good working order [and], in constant
operation and [no] in compliance with the maximum noise levels
permitted under subsection (a). No muffler or exhaust system
shall be equipped with a cutout, bypass or similar device.
(d) Unauthorized modification of equipment.--No person shall
modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner which
will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of the
vehicle above the maximum levels permitted under subsection (a)
or violate the provisions of subsection (b) or (c). Headers and
side exhausts are permitted provided the vehicle meets all the
requirements of this section.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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