A. No person shall operate upon the waters of this state any vessel or motor which is not equipped with a muffler or muffler system in good working order. The use of cutouts, removal of mufflers or muffler baffles, cutting or punching of holes in mufflers or otherwise modifying the original muffler or muffling system installed by the manufacturer or any subsequent muffler or muffling system so as to increase or modify the noise level is prohibited. This section shall not apply to vessels in the act of participating in a sanctioned event.
B. No person shall authorize, cause or permit unnecessary sounding of any whistle, horn, bell, siren or other sound-producing device on a vessel while such vessel is within any harbor limits or in areas of congested vessel traffic.
Laws 1989, c. 346, § 60, emerg. eff. June 3, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 284, § 34, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.
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