Assembly Bill A9837

                            
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                                  9837

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 18, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development

AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
  relation to snowmobile noise emission levels

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision 1 of section 25.17 of the
parks, recreation and historic preservation law, as amended  by  chapter
650 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
  (e) Mufflers. An adequate muffler system in good working condition. On
and  after  June first, nineteen seventy-two, no snowmobile manufactured
after June first, nineteen seventy-two shall be sold or offered for sale
unless it is equipped in such a way as to limit noise  produced  by  the
snowmobile  to  not more than eighty-two decibels as measured on the "A"
scale at fifty feet. On and after June first, nineteen seventy-five,  no
such  snowmobile  manufactured  after  June first, nineteen seventy-five
shall be sold or offered for sale unless it is equipped in such a way as
to limit noise produced by the snowmobile to not more than seventy-eight
decibels on such scale. On and after June  first,  nineteen  eighty,  no
such snowmobile manufactured after June first, nineteen eighty, shall be
sold or offered for sale unless it is equipped in such a way as to limit
noise produced by the snowmobile to not more than seventy-three decibels
on  such  scale.    ON  OR  AFTER NOVEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, A
PERSON SHALL NOT OPERATE A SNOWMOBILE UNLESS THE SNOWMOBILE IS  EQUIPPED
WITH  A  MUFFLER  IN  GOOD  WORKING ORDER AND IN CONSTANT OPERATION FROM
WHICH NOISE EMISSION DOES NOT EXCEED EITHER  SEVENTY-EIGHT  DECIBELS  AT
FIFTY  FEET, AS MEASURED USING THE TWO THOUSAND THREE SOCIETY OF AUTOMO-
TIVE ENGINEERS STANDARD J192 FOR A SNOWMOBILE  MANUFACTURED  AFTER  JULY
FIRST,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-SEVEN AND SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN
THIS STATE, OR EIGHTY-EIGHT DECIBELS, AS MEASURED USING THE TWO THOUSAND
FOUR SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS STANDARD  J2567  FOR  A  STATIONARY
SNOWMOBILE  MANUFACTURED  AFTER  JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY AND
SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN THIS STATE. Should  the  federal  government
adopt snowmobile noise level standards different from those contained in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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this  paragraph  and require that the state conform thereto, the commis-
sioner shall be authorized to adopt rules  and  regulations  superseding
the  noise  level  requirements  of this paragraph to achieve compliance
with  federal standards.   No snowmobile shall be modified by any person
in any manner that shall amplify or otherwise increase total noise emis-
sion to  a  level  greater  than  that  emitted  by  the  snowmobile  as
originally constructed, regardless of date of manufacture.
  S 2. This act shall take effect November 1, 2012.