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The Florida Statutes
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The 1995 Florida Statutes
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327.65 Muffling
devices. ---
(1) The exhaust of every internal combustion engine
used on any vessel operated on the waters of this state shall be
effectively muffled by equipment so constructed and used as to
muffle the noise of the exhaust in a reasonable manner. The use of
cutouts is prohibited, except for vessels competing in a regatta
or official boat race, and for such vessels while on trial
runs.
(2)
(a) Any county wishing to impose additional noise
pollution and exhaust regulations on vessels may, pursuant to s.
327.60(1), adopt by county ordinance the following regulations:
1. No person shall operate or give permission for the
operation of any vessel on the waters of any county or on a
specified portion of the waters of any county, including the
Florida Intracoastal Waterway, which has adopted the provisions of
this section in such a manner as to exceed the following sound
levels at a distance of 50 feet from the vessel: for all vessels,
a maximum sound level of 90 dB A.
2. Any person who refuses to submit to a sound level test
when requested to do so by a law enforcement officer is guilty of
a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
775.082 or s. 775.083.
(b) The following words and phrases, when used in this
section, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in
this subsection.
1. "dB A" means the composite abbreviation for the
A-weighted sound level and the unit of sound level, the
decibel.
2. "Sound level" means the A-weighted sound pressure
level measured with fast response using an instrument complying
with the specification for sound level meters of the American
National Standards Institute, Inc., or its successor bodies, except
that only a weighting and fast dynamic response need be
provided.
History: s. 7, ch. 59-400; s. 11, ch. 63-105; s. 1, ch. 65-361; s. 5,
ch. 86-35; s. 47, ch. 91-224.
Note. Former s. 371.56.
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