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Assembly Bill A6036

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires individuals and corporations to obtain a sound permit from a municipality in certain situations

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2021-A6036 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1583
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §99-x, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8971
2023-2024: S3099

2021-A6036 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires individuals and corporations to obtain a sound permit from a municipality in certain situations.

2021-A6036 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6036
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to requiring
   individuals or corporations to obtain a sound permit  from  a  munici-
   pality in certain situations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 99-x to read as follows:
   §  99-X.  SOUND  PERMIT  REQUIREMENT.  1. AN INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATION
 SHALL BE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A SOUND PERMIT FROM A  MUNICI-
 PALITY IF:
   (A)  A SOUND SOURCE IS PLANNED, INSTALLED OR INTENDED TO BE INSTALLED,
 OR MODIFIED BY ANY INDIVIDUAL OR  CORPORATION  IN  A  MANNER  THAT  SUCH
 SOURCE WILL CREATE OR IS LIKELY TO CREATE UNREASONABLE NOISE;
   (B)  ANY  INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATION USES OR PLANS TO USE ANY SOUND-AM-
 PLIFYING EQUIPMENT IN A MANNER THAT SUCH EQUIPMENT IS OR WILL  BE  HEARD
 OUTSIDE OF ANY BUILDING OR VEHICLE DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS; OR
   (C)  ANY  INDIVIDUAL  OR CORPORATION USES OR PLANS TO USE A PUBLIC-AD-
 DRESS SYSTEM THAT WILL PRODUCE UNREASONABLE NOISE OUTSIDE OF A BUILDING.
   2. APPLICATIONS FOR A SOUND  PERMIT  SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED  SEVENTY-TWO
 HOURS  IN  ADVANCE  OF  AN  EVENT IN A MANNER AND FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE
 MUNICIPALITY.
   3. THE FAILURE OF ANY INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATION TO  COMPLY  WITH  THIS
 SECTION SHALL RESULT IN THE ISSUANCE OF A WRITTEN WARNING BY THE MUNICI-
 PALITY. ANY INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATION WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION:
   (A)  FOR  A  SECOND  TIME  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF FIVE
 HUNDRED DOLLARS;
   (B) FOR A THIRD TIME SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF ONE  THOU-
 SAND DOLLARS; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06101-01-1

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