<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 20-68. - Motorboat noise limits.</div>
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               (a)
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               To limit motorboat noise on Lake Wylie, Mountain Island Lake, and Lake Norman, a local
               modification is added to G.S. 75A-9.1, which covers motorboat muffling devices. The
               local modification, G.S. 75A-9.2, reads substantially as follows:
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               (1)
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               <span class="ital">Noise limits; motorboats.</span>
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               a.
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               No motor shall be used on any motorboat unless it is equipped with an efficient muffler,
               underwater exhaust or other device which at all times adequately muffles or suppresses
               the sound of the exhaust of the motor so as to prevent excessive or unusual noise,
               and no motor shall be equipped with any cutout.
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               b.
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               It is not the intent of this section to prohibit the use of any type exhaust system
               or device, including those systems and devices that do not discharge water with the
               exhaust gases, if such system or device complies with subsection (a)(1)c of this section.
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               c.
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               No person shall operate a motorboat at any time or under any condition of load, acceleration
               or deceleration in such a manner as to exceed a noise level of 86 decibels on the
               "A" scale measured at a distance of 50 feet from the motorboat or equivalent noise
               levels at other distances. A sound level meter shall be used which meets the requirements
               for type 1, type 2, type S1, or type S2A of American National Standards Institute
               S1.4-1971 (ANSI S1.4-1971). The operator of such a vessel may be ordered off the water
               upon failure to submit to sound level testing procedures.
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               d.
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               Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the use of a noise meter or
               other equipment in prosecutions for violations of this subsection.
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               e.
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               The provisions of this section shall not apply to motorboats competing under a United
               States Coast Guard or North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission permit in a regatta,
               in a boat race, while on trial runs, or while on official trials for speed records
               during the time and in designated areas authorized by the permit.
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               f.
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               No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of a vessel which is
               not equipped as required by this section or modification thereof.
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               g.
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               Anyone violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject
               to a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00. Anyone convicted for a second
               or subsequent violation shall be fined the maximum fine of $500.00 per violation.
               Any law enforcement officer having the power of arrest on any of the waters covered
               by this section shall enforce its provisions.
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               h.
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               Any motorboat motor manufactured and offered for sale in this state may be certified
               to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission as having been tested and found
               not to exceed the noise limits prescribed in subsection (a)(1)c of this section. An
               outboard motor may be certified by the motor manufacturer; provided, however, that
               any motor may be certified by the motorboat manufacturer if it is offered for sale
               in combination with a motorboat.
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               (2)
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               <span class="ital">Applicability.</span> This section shall apply to the waters of Lake Wylie, Mountain Island Lake, and Lake
               Norman located within or adjoining the counties of Mecklenburg, Gaston, Iredell, Catawba
               and Lincoln.
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               (b)
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               This section applies only to Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg counties.
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               (Code 1995, Â§ 294.01)
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