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HYGIENE WHICH IS ACHIEVABLE THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF
THE BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY AND AT A REASONABLE COST.

(C)    THE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL ADOPT, NOT LATER THAN
SEPTEMBER 1, 1974, REGULATIONS FOP THE ADMINISTRATION AND
ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF TEST PROCEDURES TO BE USED TO ESTABLISH COMPLIANCE
WITH THE LIMITS ADOPTED, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION
ACCEPTED SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR
MEASUREMENT OF SOUND. SUCH TEST PROCEDURES SHALL BE IN
SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMITY WITH TEST PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN
APPLICABLE STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
ESTABLISHED BY THE SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, INC.,
OR ITS SUCCESSOR BODIES, AND THE AMERICAN NATIONAL
STANDARDS INSTITUTE OR ITS SUCCESSOR BODIES FOR THE
MEASUREMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE SOUND LEVELS.

(D)    THE MANUFACTURER, DISTRIBUTOR, IMPORTER, OR
DESIGNATED AGENT, SHALL FILE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE UNDER
OATH WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE
ADMINISTRATOR, THAT THE PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL
DESCRIBED THEREON COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
SECTION. SUCH CERTIFICATES SHALL BE FILED FOR ALL MAKES
AND MODELS SOLD IN THIS STATE.

12-703.

(A)    NO PERSON SHALL MODIFY THE EXHAUST SYSTEM OF A
MOTOR VEHICLE OR ANY OTHER NOISE ABATEMENT DEVICE OF A
MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATED OR TO BE OPERATED UPON THE
HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE IN A MANNER THAT THE NOISE EMITTED
BY THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS ABOVE THAT EMITTED BY THE VEHICLE
AS ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED.

(B)    NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON
THE HIGHWAYS OF THE STATE WITH AN EXHAUST SYSTEM OR NOISE
ABATEMENT DEVICE SO MODIFIED.

12-704.

(A) NO PERSON SHALL SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE FOR USE
AS PART OF THE EQUIPMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ANY EXHAUST
MUFFLER, INTAKE MUFFLER OR OTHER NOISE ABATEMENT DEVICE
WHICH, WHEN INSTALLED, WILL PERMIT THE VEHICLE TO BE
OPERATED IN A MANNER THAT THE EMITTED SOUND LEVEL OF THE
VEHICLE IS INCREASED ABOVE THAT EMITTED BY THE VEHICLE AS
ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED AND DETERMINED BY THE TEST
PROCEDURES FOR NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SOUND LEVELS ESTABLISHED
UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

(B) THE MANUFACTURER SHALL FILE A WRITTEN
CERTIFICATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON A FORM
PRESCRIBED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR THAT HIS PRODUCTS SOLD
WITHIN THIS STATE COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS