PRINTER'S NO. 2762
No. 2061 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY LaGROTTA, SOLOBAY, SAINATO, DONATUCCI, FRANKEL,
BALDWIN, CRUZ, FABRIZIO, GILLESPIE, GODSHALL, HARHAI,
HENNESSEY, HORSEY, JAMES, KELLER, LEDERER, MANN, MYERS,
RAYMOND, READSHAW, SCRIMENTI, WALKO, WATERS, WILLIAMS,
YOUNGBLOOD, J. TAYLOR, NICKOL, STETLER, TIGUE, BEBKO-JONES,
CORRIGAN, ARMSTRONG, MUSTIO, CLYMER, HERSHEY, BELFANTI AND
HANNA, OCTOBER 14, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 14, 2003
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
1 hazardous situation or to request assistance.
2 (2) Any authorized emergency vehicle or vehicle operated
3 by a public utility provider which is providing information
4 or a warning deemed to serve the public safety.
5 (3) The sound systems of a vehicle for which a local
6 permit has been issued to be used for advertising, parades,
7 political, charitable or other events as so prescribed by
8 local ordinance.
9 (c) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a
10 summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
11 a fine of not more than $100.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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