Section 33-5-23 Muffling devices and sirens. - Alabama Statutes

Section 33-5-23

Muffling devices and sirens.

(a) The exhaust of every internal combustion engine used on any vessel shall be effectively muffled by equipment so constructed and used as to muffle the noise of the exhaust in a reasonable manner. The use of cutouts is prohibited, except for vessels competing in a regatta or official boat race, and for such vessels while on trial runs.

(b) No person shall use or have on board his vessel a siren of any type while operating on the waters of this state except as may be specifically allowed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources for enforcement purposes.

(Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §20; Acts 1961, No. 878, p. 1377, §6.)