California Harbors and Navigation Code

§ 654

HNC § 654 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 3 · Ch. 5 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) For the purposes of this section, a “muffler” or “muffler system” is a sound suppression device or system that is designed and installed to abate the sound of exhaust gases emitted from an internal combustion engine and prevents excessive or unusual noise.

(2)For the purposes of this section, an underwater through-the-propeller-hub exhaust outlet system is a muffler system.

(b)A motorized recreational vessel that is operated in or upon the inland waters, or in or upon ocean waters that are within one mile of the coastline of the state shall be equipped at all times with a muffler or a muffler system that is all of the following:

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 496, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004. Section operative January 1, 2005, by its own provisions.