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AN ACT concerning Motor Vehicles - Noise Limits and Modification of Exhaust Systems and Noise Abatement Devices FOR the purpose of establishing the Sound Measuring Equipment Grant Program in the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies for the purchase of vehicle sound measuring equipment; establishing a maximum sound level limit that the Motor Vehicle Administration may set for motor vehicles; altering the penalty for modifying a motor vehicle exhaust system or noise abatement device in a certain manner or for driving on a highway a motor vehicle with an exhaust system or noise abatement device that is modified in a certain manner; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibitions governing modified motor vehicle exhaust systems or noise abatement devices; and generally relating to motor vehicle sound level limits and the modification of exhaust systems and noise abatement devices. BY adding to Article - Public Safety Section 4-1012 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Transportation Section 22-601, 22-605, and 22-609 Annotated Code of Maryland (2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement)

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Mary Lehman (D)*,  Ben Barnes (D),  Jon Cardin (D),  Lorig Charkoudian (D),  Linda Foley (D),  Brooke Grossman (D),  Michele Guyton (D),  Kevin Harris (D),  Terri Hill (D),  David Moon (D),  Julie Palakovich Carr (D),  Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D),  Deni Taveras (D),  Jen Terrasa (D),  Karen Toles (D),  Jamila Woods (D), 

House Environment and Transportation Hearing (13:00:00 2/9/2023 ) (on 02/09/2023)

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