HOUSE BILL No. 4988


     June 26, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Julian and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 707c (MCL 257.707c).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec.  707c.  (1) After April 1, 1978, a motor vehicle shall

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      not be operated or driven on a highway or street if the motor

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      vehicle produces total noise exceeding 1 of the following limits

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      at a distance of 50 feet except as provided in subdivisions

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      (b)(iii) and (c)(iii):

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           (a) A motor vehicle with a gross weight or gross vehicle

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      weight rating of 8,500 pounds or more, combination vehicle with

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      gross weight or gross vehicle weight ratings of 8,500 pounds or

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      more.

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           (i) Ninety DBA if the maximum lawful speed on the highway or

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      street is greater than 35 miles per hour.


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           (ii) Eighty-six DBA if the maximum lawful speed on the

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      highway or street is not more than 35 miles per hour.

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           (iii) Eighty-eight DBA under stationary run-up test.

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           (b) A motorcycle or a moped:

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           (i) Eighty-six DBA if the maximum lawful speed on the high-

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      way or street is greater than 35 miles per hour.

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           (ii) Eighty-two DBA if the maximum lawful speed on the high-

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      way or street is not more than 35 miles per hour.

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           (iii) Ninety-five DBA under stationary run-up test at 75

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      inches.

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           (c) A motor vehicle or a combination of vehicles towed by a

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      motor vehicle not covered in subdivision (a) or (b):

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           (i) Eighty-two DBA if the maximum lawful speed on the high-

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      way or street is greater than 35 miles per hour.

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           (ii) Seventy-six DBA if the maximum lawful speed on the

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      highway or street is not more than 35 miles per hour.

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           (iii) Ninety-five DBA under stationary run-up test 20 inches

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      from the end of the tailpipe.

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           (2) A dealer shall not sell or offer for sale for use upon a

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      street or highway in this state a new motor vehicle manufactured

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      after April 1, 1978, which produces a maximum noise exceeding the

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      following limits:

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           (a) A motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of

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      8,500 pounds or more--83 DBA.

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           (b) A motorcycle or a moped-- 83  80 DBA.

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           (c) A motor vehicle not covered in subdivision (a) or

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      (b)--80 DBA.


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           (3) A person shall not operate a vehicle on a highway or

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      street if the vehicle has a defect in the exhaust system which

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      affects sound reduction, is not equipped with a muffler or other

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      noise dissipative device, or is equipped with a cutout, bypass,

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      amplifier, or a similar device.

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           (4) A person, either acting for himself or herself or as the

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      agent or employee of another, shall not sell, install, or replace

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      a muffler or exhaust part that causes the motor vehicle to which

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      the muffler or exhaust part is attached to exceed the noise

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      limits established by this act or a rule promulgated under this

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      act.

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           (5) A person shall not modify, repair, replace, or remove a

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      part of an exhaust system causing the motor vehicle to which the

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      system is attached to produce noise in excess of the levels

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      established by this act, or operate a motor vehicle so altered on

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      a street or highway.

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           (6) A dealer shall not sell a used or secondhand motor vehi-

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      cle for use upon a street or highway which is not in compliance

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      with this act.



















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