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