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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- UNREASONABLE NOISE LEVELS

     Introduced By: Representatives Trillo, Slater, and Carnevale

     Date Introduced: February 25, 2015

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 11-45.1 of the General Laws entitled "Unreasonable Noise Levels"

is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

     11-45.1-2.1. Intermittent and recurring noise. – No person or entity shall create or set

off or cause to be created or set off any loud noise or sound-emitting device which emits a sound

in excess of eighty (80) decibels either hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or other consistent period

if the noise or device can be heard within a four hundred foot (400') radius from the location from

which the sound is originated or the device located except for ceremonial noise emitted on an

annual or semi-annual basis and except for music or live entertainment consistent with city or

town ordinances. Special permits for the emission of such noise or use of a sound-emitting device

may be granted by a city or town for the emission of such noise for individual events which occur

on a single occasion.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- UNREASONABLE NOISE LEVELS

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     This act would prohibit setting off recurring noise in excess of eighty (80) decibels if

audible within a four hundred foot (400') radius.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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