Bill Text: VA HB579 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Motorcycles; required to use muffler system in good working order that meets federal standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Transportation [HB579 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-HB579-Prefiled.html
10103065D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§15.2-919 and 46.2-1050 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §15.2-919. Regulation of motorcycle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter noise. Any locality may, by ordinance, regulate noise from a
motorcycle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter, as defined in §
46.2-100, §46.2-1050. Mufflers on motorcycles. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated any motorcycle not equipped with a muffler or other sound dissipative device in good working order and in constant operation. Motorcycles shall use a muffler system in good working order that meets the federal standards under 40 C.F.R §205.166. No person shall remove or render inoperative, or cause to be removed or rendered inoperative, other than for purposes of maintenance, repair or replacement, any muffler or sound dissipative device on a motorcycle. |