SB 1443 — noise pollution; environmental nuisances

REFERENCEFifty-seventh TITLE:Legislature Government Second Regular Session S.B.

noise1443 pollution;PROPOSED SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.

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The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows:

4.Senate Amendments to S.B.

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To provide the town with water, to construct public wells, cisterns and reservoirs in the streets and other public and private places - 1 - SB 1443 within the town, or beyond the limits thereof, and to supply the same with pumps and conducting pipes or ditches.

(c) To Require a registration of the deaths and births, and to impose penalties upon[upon] [ON] physicians and surgeons for any default in the premises.

13.-2- Senate Amendments to S.B.

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(a) To Prohibit and punish any amusements or practice tending to annoy or obstruct persons passing upon[upon] [ON] the streets or sidewalks, or frighten horses or other animals being ridden or driven thereon.

(b) To Restrain and punish the ringing of bells, blowing of horns, crying of goods, SOUND CREATED BY A[A ] [AN EXTERNAL] SPEAKER OR [EXTERNAL] AMPLIFYING EQUIPMENT or other noises, performances and practices tending to cause the collection of persons upon[upon] [ON] the streets or sidewalks and the obstruction thereof.

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(c) To Impose penalties upon[upon] [ON] the owners thereof for a violation of any ordinance in relation thereto.

(d) To Regulate, restrain and prohibit the running at large of dogs and to authorize their destruction when at large contrary to any ordinance of the town, and to impose penalties upon[upon] [ON] the owners thereof.

(b)-3- ToSenate MakeAmendments quarantine laws and enforce them within the town and within two miles thereof, and to provideS.B. pest houses and hospitals necessary therefor.

1443 (b) To Make quarantine laws and enforce them within the town and within two miles thereof, and to provide pest houses and hospitals necessary therefor.

(c) To Prohibit within the town and within two miles beyond the limits thereof slaughterhouses, tanneries, soap factories, establishments - 3 - SB 1443 for the steaming or rendering of tallow, lard or offal, and all other establishments and places where any nauseous, offensive or unwholesome business may be carried on.

(b)-4- ToSenate EnforceAmendments the observance of such ordinances, and to punishS.B. violations thereof by fine or imprisonment, or both, and by confinement at hard labor, in the discretion of the magistrate or court before whom a conviction may be had, but no fine shall be imposed exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars $2,500, nor imprisonment or confinement at hard labor exceeding six months.

1443 (b) To Enforce the observance of such ordinances, and to punish violations thereof by fine or imprisonment, or both, and by confinement at hard labor, in the discretion of the magistrate or court before whom a conviction may be had, but no fine shall be imposed exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars $2,500, nor imprisonment or confinement at hard labor exceeding six months.

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A city or town MUNICIPALITY may require a person that has been issued a building permit and that does not-5- otherwiseSenate holdAmendments a business license from the municipality to applyS.B. for a business license within thirty days after issuing the building permit.

1443 not otherwise hold a business license from the municipality to apply for a business license within thirty days after issuing the building permit.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, A MUNICIPALITY MAY NOT[NOT ISSUEISSUE] [DENY] A BUILDING PERMIT IF THE APPLICATION FOR A BUILDING PERMIT IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR DEVELOPMENT OF A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE THAT CONTAINS [EXTERNAL] SPEAKERS OR AN [EXTERNAL] AMPLIFYING SYSTEM THAT HAS THE CAPACITY TO EMIT SOUND THAT -IS 5EQUAL -TO SB[SEVENTY] 1443[ONE ISHUNDRED EQUALTWENTY TOFIVE] SEVENTY DECIBELS OR GREATER AND[AND THAT EMITS SOUNDS AT SEVENTY DECIBELS OR GREATER FIVE TIMES OR MORE EACH DAY.DAY].

A condition or place in populous areas which[which] [THAT] constitutes a breeding place for flies, rodents, mosquitoes and other insects which[which] [THAT] are capable of carrying and transmitting disease-causing organisms to any person or persons.

A place, condition or building which[which] [THAT] is controlled or operated by any governmental agency, state or local, and which[which] [THAT] is not maintained in a sanitary condition.

4.-6- Senate Amendments to S.B.

A1443 vehicle4. or container which is used in the transportation of garbage or human excreta and which is defective and allows leakage or spillage of contents.

A vehicle or container [which] [THAT] is used in the transportation of garbage or human excreta and [which] [THAT] is defective and allows leakage or spillage of contents.

The maintenance of an overflowing septic tank or cesspool,cesspool[, ] the contents of which may be accessible to flies.

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Water, other than that used by irrigation, industrial or similar systems for nonpotable purposes, which[which] [THAT] is sold to the public, distributed to the public or used in production, processing, storing, handling, servicing or transportation of food and drink and which[which] [THAT] is unwholesome, poisonous or contains deleterious or foreign substances or filth or disease-causing substances or organisms.

A[A ] [AN EXTERNAL] SPEAKER OR [EXTERNAL] AMPLIFYING SYSTEM THAT HAS THE CAPACITY TO EMIT SOUND THAT IS EQUAL TO SEVENTY[SEVENTY] [ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE] DECIBELS OR GREATER.

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