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| 1 | 1 | By: Cook S.B. No. 2739 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | Relating to unreasonable noise near a private residence. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 42.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) For purposes of this section: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) an act is deemed to occur in a public place or near | |
| 14 | 14 | a private residence if it produces its offensive or proscribed | |
| 15 | 15 | consequences in the public place or near a private residence; and | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) a noise is presumed to be unreasonable if the noise | |
| 17 | 17 | exceeds a decibel level of 85 after the person making the noise | |
| 18 | 18 | receives notice from a magistrate or peace officer that the noise is | |
| 19 | 19 | a public nuisance.; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) a noise is presumed to be unreasonable if the noise | |
| 21 | 21 | exceeds a decibel level of 58 or causes vibrations at a private | |
| 22 | 22 | residence that is within 30 feet when measured in a direct line of | |
| 23 | 23 | the property line at which the noise is produced. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |