THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GIBBONS, CLYMER, FABRIZIO, FARRY, GILLESPIE, HORNAMAN, KULA, MANN, M. O'BRIEN, READSHAW AND K. SMITH, OCTOBER 18, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 18, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, providing for unlawful sound amplification systems.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 4523.1.  Sound amplification systems.

(a)  General rule.--No person shall operate or permit the

operation of any sound amplification system, including any

mechanical or nonmechanical sound-making device, which can be

heard outside a motor vehicle from 50 or more feet away.

(b)  Application.--This section shall not apply to:

(1)  Any emergency or law enforcement vehicle equipped

with a sound-making system used to warn of an emergency or

hazardous situation or to request assistance.

(2)  Any authorized emergency vehicle or vehicle operated

by a public utility provider which is providing information

or a warning deemed to serve the public safety.

(3)  The sound systems of a vehicle for which a local

permit has been issued to be used for advertising, parades,

political, charitable or other events as so prescribed by

local ordinance.

(c)  Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a

summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay

a fine of not more than $100.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.