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1An Act to repeal 350.10 (1) (e);
to renumber and amend 350.09 (6) and 350.09
2(7);
to amend 350.09 (8) and 350.10 (1) (d);
to repeal and recreate 350.095
3(2) (d); and
to create 350.095 (title), 350.095 (1) (title), 350.095 (2) (title) and
4350.095 (2) (c) and (d) of the statutes;
relating to: noise level requirements for
5snowmobiles and granting rule-making authority.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Engrossment information:
The text of Engrossed 2005 Assembly Bill 566, as passed by the assembly on
November 10, 2005, consists of the following documents adopted in the assembly on
November 10, 2005: the bill as affected by Assembly Amendment 1 (as affected by
Assembly Amendment 1 thereto) and Assembly Amendment 2. The text also
includes the September 1, 2005, chief clerk's corrections to the bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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6Section
1. 350.09 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 350.095 (2) (a) and
7amended to read:
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1350.095
(2) (a) No snowmobile
shall may be manufactured, sold, offered for
2sale, or operated unless it is equipped with a muffler in good working order
, which.
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3(b) For snowmobiles manufactured after July 1, 1972, a muffler that is in good
4working order is one that blends the exhaust noise into the overall engine noise and
5is in constant operation to prevent
excessive or unusual exhaust and engine noise
6that exceeds the applicable noise level standards established under pars. (c) and (d).
AB566-engrossed, s. 2
7Section
2. 350.09 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 350.095 (1) (a) and
8amended to read:
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350.095
(1) (a)
Every snowmobile manufactured after July 1, 1972, and offered
10for sale or sold in this state shall be so constructed as to limit total vehicle noise to
11not more than 82 decibels of A sound pressure at 50 feet, as measured by society of
12automotive engineers standards. Every snowmobile
that is manufactured
on or after
13July
1 2, 1975, and
that is offered for sale or sold in this state
as a new snowmobile 14shall be
manufactured so
constructed as to limit total vehicle noise to not more than
1578 decibels of A sound pressure, as measured by
society of automotive engineers 16Society of Automotive Engineers standards.
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17(b) No snowmobile
shall may be modified by any person in any manner that
18shall amplify or otherwise increase total
noise emission vehicle noise above that
19emitted by the snowmobile as originally
constructed
manufactured, regardless of
20date of manufacture.
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350.09
(8) Subsection (7) Section 350.095 does not apply to snowmobiles
23competing in a sanctioned race or derby or to snowmobiles being tested by
24manufacturers, distributors or dealers on lands under their control.
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1350.095 (title)
Noise level requirements.
AB566-engrossed,3,33
350.095
(1) (title)
Noise level standards; total vehicle noise.
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350.095
(2) (title)
Noise level standards; exhaust and engine noise.
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350.095
(2) (c) For every snowmobile manufactured after July 1, 1972, and
8before July 2, 1975, the noise level standard for exhaust and engine noise shall be
990 decibels as measured in accordance with the procedures established for the
10measurement of exhaust sound levels of stationary snowmobiles in the January 2004
11Society of Automotive Engineers Standard J2567.
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(d) For every snowmobile manufactured on or after July 2, 1975, the noise level
13standard for exhaust and engine noise shall be 88 decibels as measured in accordance
14with the procedures established for the measurement of exhaust sound levels of
15stationary snowmobiles in the January 2004 Society of Automotive Engineers
16Standard J2567.
AB566-engrossed, s. 7m
17Section 7m. 350.095 (2) (d) of the statutes, as created by 2005 Wisconsin Act
18.... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
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350.095
(2) (d) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., for every snowmobile
20manufactured on or after July 2, 1975, the noise level standard for exhaust and
21engine noise shall be 88 decibels as measured in accordance with the procedures
22established for the measurement of exhaust sound levels of stationary snowmobiles
23in the January 2004 Society of Automotive Engineers Standard J2567.
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12. After consulting with the snowmobile recreational council, the department
2may promulgate a rule that establishes a noise level standard for exhaust and engine
3noise that is other than 88 decibels.
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350.10
(1) (d) In such a way that the exhaust
of the motor makes an excessive
6or unusual noise and engine noise exceeds the applicable noise level standard
7specified in s. 350.095 (2) (c) or (d).
AB566-engrossed,4,1110
(1) The repeal and recreation of section 350.095 (2) (d) of the statutes takes
11effect on the first day of the 25th month beginning after publication.
