New York A 782: Restricts amplified sound from vehicles

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A00782 Summary:

BILL NOA00782 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01620

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SPONSORBerger

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COSPNSRKassay

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §397-d, V & T L

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Restricts amplified sound coming from motor vehicles; allows for exceptions for certain police vehicles and certain vehicles used for business or political purposes.

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BILL NOA00782 

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01/08/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 782

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to restricting
 amplified sound coming from motor vehicles

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 397-d to read as follows:
 3 § 397-d. Restrictions on the operation of sound making devices or
 4 instruments in motor vehicles. 1. It shall be prohibited for any person
 5 operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street or highway to operate
 6 or amplify the sound produced by a radio, tape player, or other mechan-
 7 ical sound making device or instrument from within the motor vehicle so
 8 that such sound is:
 9 (a) plainly audible at a distance of twenty-five feet or more from the
 10 motor vehicle; or
 11 (b) louder than necessary for the convenient hearing by persons inside
 12 the vehicle in areas in proximity to churches, schools, hospitals and
 13 public parks.
 14 2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any law enforce-
 15 ment motor vehicle equipped with any communication device necessary in
 16 the performance of law enforcement duties or to any emergency vehicle
 17 equipped with any communication device necessary in the performance of
 18 any emergency procedures.
 19 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to motor vehicles
 20 used for business or political purposes, which in the normal course of
 21 conducting such business use sound making devices. The provisions of
 22 this subdivision shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities, with
 23 respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00965-01-5

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 1 reasonable exercise of police power, from regulating the time and manner
 2 in which such business may be operated.
 3 4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the noise made by
 4 a horn or other warning device equipped in a motor vehicle. The depart-
 5 ment shall promulgate rules defining "plainly audible" and "convenient
 6 hearing" and establish standards regarding how sound should be measured
 7 by law enforcement personnel who enforce the provisions of this section.
 8 5. A violation of this section shall be an unclassified misdemeanor
 9 punishable by a fine of forty dollars for the first offense, a fine of
 10 one hundred dollars for the second and third offense, and a fine of two
 11 hundred dollars and possible confiscation of the vehicle for each addi-
 12 tional subsequent offense.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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