An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to operation of vehicles, providing for automated vehicle noise enforcement systems; and imposing penalties.

PRINTER'S NO. 2652
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2069
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOROWSKI, SCHLOSSBERG, SOLOMON, HILL-EVANS,
PROBST, SANCHEZ, GALLAGHER, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, FRANKEL, RIVERA
AND DOUGHERTY, NOVEMBER 24, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 3, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in general provisions relating to operation of
vehicles, providing for automated vehicle noise enforcement
systems; and imposing penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 31 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:
SUBCHAPTER D
AUTOMATED VEHICLE NOISE ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS
Sec.
3131. Definitions.
3132. Application process.
3133. Approval process.
3134. System administrator.
3135. Implementation of automated vehicle noise enforcement
system.
3136. Citations.
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3137. Fines.
3138. Defenses.
3139. Hearings.
3140. Evidence.
3141. Reports by department.
3142. Rules and regulations.
3143. Expiration.
§ 3131. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Automated vehicle noise enforcement system." A system using
one or more stationary cameras and decibel meters or similar
equipment to record images and establish meter readings to
enforce section 4523 (relating to exhaust systems, mufflers and
noise control) by determining whether a vehicle is in violation
of vehicle noise limits.
"Citation." A notice of a violation of vehicle noise limits
as a result of the use of an automated vehicle noise enforcement
system.
"Municipality." A county, city, borough, incorporated town
or township in this Commonwealth.
"System administrator." A person designated by a
municipality to administer the automated vehicle noise
enforcement system of the municipality.
"Vehicle noise limits." The limits specified in 67 Pa. Code
§ 157.11 (relating to vehicular noise limits), in accordance
with 67 Pa. Code Ch. 157 (relating to established sound levels).
§ 3132. Application process.
(a) Ordinance or resolution required.--A municipality may
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enact an ordinance or resolution regulating vehicular noise
limits and authorizing the use of an automated vehicular noise
enforcement system, subject to the approval of the department in
accordance with this subchapter.
(b) Application.--
(1) Following the enactment of an ordinance or
resolution under subsection (a) and before the installation
and use of the automated vehicular noise enforcement system,
the municipality must apply to the department for approval of
the installation and use.
(2) The application under this subsection must be in the
form and manner as determined by the department and must
contain the following:
(i) A copy of the enacted ordinance or resolution.
(ii) Each designated intersection within the
municipality at which automated vehicle noise enforcement
system equipment is proposed to be located.
(iii) Any relevant circumstances meriting the
installation and use of the automated vehicle noise
enforcement system.
(iv) Any other information regarding the
municipality, including the size and population of the
municipality.
§ 3133. Approval process.
(a) Review.--Within 60 days of receiving an application
under section 3132 (relating to application process), the
department shall review the application.
(b) Determination.--Following the review under subsection
(a), the department shall determine:
(1) Whether each proposed intersection is an appropriate
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location for the location of the automated vehicle noise
enforcement system equipment.
(2) Whether a more appropriate intersection exists
within the municipality for the location of the automated
vehicle noise enforcement system equipment and, if so, the
identification of the more appropriate location.
(c) Additional considerations.--In making the determination
under subsection (b), the department may consider the factors
under section 3132(b)(2)(iii) and (iv).
(d) Notice.--The department shall provide written notice of
the determination under this section to the applicant, which
must include:
(1) The data on which the determination is based.
(2) If the application is denied, in whole or in part,
the reasons for the denial.
(e) Effect.--A municipality may not install or use automated
vehicle noise enforcement system equipment unless approved by
the department.
§ 3134. System administrator.
(a) Designation.--As soon as practicable after approval by
the department of the installation and use of an automated
vehicle noise enforcement system in a municipality, the
municipality shall designate a system administrator for the
automated vehicle noise enforcement system.
(b) Duties.--A system administrator shall:
(1) Supervise the purchase, installation and management
of the automated vehicle noise enforcement system equipment.
(2) Hire or otherwise designate personnel and contract
with third parties as necessary to assist in the
implementation and management of the automated vehicle noise
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enforcement system.
(3) Process notices of violations and fines incurred in
accordance with this subchapter and otherwise assist in the
enforcement of this subchapter.
(4) Serve as liaison between the municipality and the
department.
(5) Issue reports in accordance with subsection (c).
(6) Ensure that the compensation paid to the
manufacturer or vendor of the automated vehicle noise
enforcement system or to any contracted third party:
(i) Is not based upon the number of violation
notices issued or a portion or percentage of the fines
generated by the violation notices as a result of the use
of the automated vehicle noise enforcement system.
(ii) Is based upon the value of the automated
vehicle noise enforcement system equipment and the
services provided or rendered in support of the automated
noise enforcement system.
(c) Reports.--
(1) No later than March 30 of each year, each system
administrator shall issue a report to the secretary on the
automated vehicle noise enforcement system.
(2) Each report under this subsection must contain the
following information:
(i) The name and contact information of the
municipality and system administrator.
(ii) The class and size of the municipality.
(iii) The date of installation of automated vehicle
noise enforcement system equipment.
(iv) Each designated intersection at which
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automated vehicle noise enforcement system equipment is
located.
(v) The average daily traffic at each designated
intersection, if known.
(vi) The number of violations that have occurred
during the immediately prior year at each designated
intersection.
(vii) The amount of fines incurred during the
immediately prior year at each designated intersection.
(viii) A summary of the number and amount of fines
that were collected during the immediately prior year.
(ix) A summary of the number and amount of fines
that were uncollected during the immediately prior year.
(x) The number and disposition of hearings and
appeals that have occurred during the immediately prior
year.
(xi) The amount of money paid to each vendor,
manufacturer or contracted third party associated with
the automated vehicle noise enforcement system during the
immediately prior year.
(xii) The costs associated with the installation and
use of the automated vehicle noise enforcement system
during the immediately prior year.
(xiii) The revenue limit in accordance with section
3137(h) (relating to fines).
(xiv) Any other information that the department
deems appropriate.
(3) Each report under this subsection shall be:
(i) Accessible for inspection and duplication in
accordance with the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6,
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No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.
(ii) Posted on the publicly accessible Internet
website of the municipality.
§ 3135. Implementation of automated vehicle noise enforcement
system.
(a) Public notice.--A municipality may not use an automated
vehicle noise enforcement system for a designated intersection
unless an appropriate sign is posted in a conspicuous place on
the approach to the designated intersection that notifies the
public of the existence of installed automated vehicle noise
enforcement system equipment at the designated intersection.
(b) Frontal view.--An automated vehicle noise enforcement
system may not be used in any manner that takes a recorded image
that is a frontal view of a vehicle as evidence of the
commission of a violation under this subchapter.
(c) Limitations on use.-- Subject to subsection (d):
(1) Camera equ ipment deployed as part of an automated
vehicle noise enforcement system must be incapable of
automated or user-controlled remote intersection surveillance
by means of recorded video images.
(2) Recorded images collected as part of an automated
vehicle noise enforcement system may only record traffic
violations and may not be used for any other surveillance
purposes.
(3) If a municipality or an authorized agent or employee
of a municipality maintains information prepared under this
subchapter or information relating to violations under this
subchapter, including recorded images, written records,
reports or facsimiles, names and addresses, the information:
(i) Shall be for the exclusive use of the
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municipality, authorized agent or employee of the
municipality and appropriate law enforcement officials
for the purpose of discharging duties in accordance with
this subchapter and any ordinance or resolution of the
municipality.
(ii) Shall be exempt from access under the act of
February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-
Know Law.
(iii) Shall not be discoverable by court order or
otherwise, or offered in evidence, in an action or
proceeding that is not directly related to a violation of
this subchapter or any ordinance or resolution of the
municipality.
(d) Construction.--The restrictions specified under
subsection (c) shall not be construed to preclude a court of
competent jurisdiction from issuing an order directing that the
information be provided to law enforcement officials if the
information is reasonably described and is requested solely in
connection with a criminal law enforcement action.
(e) Destruction of recorded images.--Within 30 days
following the final disposition of a case involving a recorded
event through the use of an automated vehicle noise enforcement
system by a municipality, the municipality shall:
(1) Destroy the associated recorded images.
(2) File notice with the Department of State that the
recorded images have been destroyed in accordance with this
subsection.
(f) Obtained information.--Information obtained through an
automated vehicle noise enforcement system regarding a
registered vehicle owner:
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(1) Shall not be deemed the property of the manufacturer
or vendor of the automated vehicle noise enforcement system.
(2) May only be used in accordance with this subchapter.
§ 3136. Citations.
(a) Issuance.--In enforcing vehicle noise limits through the
use of an automated vehicle noise enforcement system in a
municipality, the system administrator of the municipality shall
prepare a citation, which shall be issued only by a law
enforcement officer employed by the law enforcement agency
operated by the municipality, to the registered owner of the
vehicle identified in a recorded image produced by the automated
vehicle noise enforcement system as evidence of a violation
under this subchapter.
(b) Contents.--Each citation must contain or have attached
to it:
(1) A copy of the recorded image from the automated
vehicle noise enforcement system showing the vehicle.
(2) The registration number of the vehicle and state of
issuance of the vehicle registration.
(3) The date, time and place of the alleged violation.
(4) Notice that the citation is for an alleged violation
of vehicle noise limits under this subchapter.
(5) Instructions for how to complete and return the
citation.
(6) The following notice in substantially the following
form:
This citation is directed to you as the registered
owner of the vehicle that is alleged to be in
violation of vehicle noise limits. This citation must
be returned, in person or by mail, within 30 days of
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issuance, along with the payment of the specified
fine or the completion of the section requesting a
hearing to contest liability.
(7) A certificate, or a facsimile of a certificate,
based upon inspection of recorded images produced by the
automated vehicle noise enforcement system and sworn to or
affirmed by a law enforcement officer employed by the law
enforcement agency operated by the municipality, that also
includes a statement that the automated vehicle noise
enforcement system was operating correctly at the time of the
alleged violation.
(c) Notice.--
(1) In the case of a citation involving a vehicle
registered in this Commonwealth, the citation must be sent,
by first class mail within 30 days after the occurrence of
the alleged violation or within 30 days after the discovery
of the identity of the registered owner of the vehicle,
whichever is later, to the address of the registered owner as
listed in the records of the department.
(2) In the case of a citation involving a vehicle
registered in a jurisdiction other than this Commonwealth,
the citation must be sent, by first class mail within 30 days
after the discovery of the identity of the registered owner
of the vehicle, to the address of the registered owner as
listed in the records of the other jurisdiction.
§ 3137. Fines.
(a) Authorization.--A fine is not authorized under this
subsection during any of the following:
(1) The first 60 days of operation of the automated
vehicle noise enforcement system at the initial designated
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intersection.
(2) The first 30 days of operation of the automated
vehicle noise enforcement system at each additional
designated intersection following the operation at the
initial designated intersection.
(b) Warning.--A warning may be issued to a person violating
this subchapter during any of the periods specified under
subsection (a).
(c) Owner liability.--The owner of the vehicle that is the
subject of a citation shall be liable for the penalty imposed
under this section unless the owner is convicted of the same
violation under another section of this title or has a defense
under section 3138 (relating to defenses).
(d) Amount.--A person violating this subchapter shall be
subject to a fine of $100 for each violation, unless a lesser
amount is set by the ordinance of the municipality in which the
violation occurred.
(e) Effect.--A fine imposed on an individual under this
section shall not:
(1) Be deemed a criminal conviction for the individual.
(2) Be made part of the individual's operating record
under section 1535 (relating to schedule of convictions and
points).
(3) Subject the individual to an adjustment in merit
rating for the insurance purposes.
(4) Subject the individual to the imposition of
surcharge points in the provision of motor vehicle insurance
coverage.
(f) Portion.--Fines collected under this section shall not
be subject to 42 Pa.C.S. § 3571 (relating to Commonwealth
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portion of fines, etc.) or 3573 (relating to municipal
corporation portion of fines, etc.).
(g) Payment.--The owner of the vehicle to whom a citation
has been issued may admit responsibility for the violation and,
if so, shall pay the fine provided in the citation. The
following apply:
(1) Payment may be made to the municipality in person,
electronically or by mail, as directed in the citation.
(2) The citation must be returned to the municipality at
the time that payment is remitted or as soon as practicable
thereafter.
(3) Payment by mail may only be made by money order,
credit card or check made payable to the municipality.
(4) Payment shall operate as a final disposition of the
case.
(h) Revenue limit.--A municipality may not collect an amount
equal to or greater than 5% of its annual budget from the
collection of revenue from the issuance of citations and payment
of fines under this subchapter.
§ 3138. Defenses.
The following are defenses to a violation under this section:
(1) The registered owner of the vehicle named in the
citation was not operating the vehicle at the time of the
violation. The following apply:
(i) The municipality may require the owner to submit
evidence that the owner was not the driver at the time of
the violation.
(ii) The municipality may not require the owner to
disclose the identity of the operator of the vehicle at
the time of the violation.
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(2) The vehicle that is the subject of the citation was
reported to a law enforcement agency as stolen, and was not
recovered, prior to the time of the violation.
(3) The person who received the citation was not the
owner or lessor of the vehicle at the time of the violation.
§ 3139. Hearings.
(a) Right to hearing.--A registered owner to whom a citation
is issued may, within 30 days of the issuance of the citation,
contest liability and request a hearing by completing the
appropriate section of the citation and returning the citation
to the municipality as directed.
(b) Duty of system administrator.--Upon receipt of a hearing
request, the system administrator shall:
(1) In a timely manner, schedule the matter before a
hearing officer designated by the municipality.
(2) Provide written notice of the date, time and place
of the hearing by first class mail to the person requesting
the hearing.
(c) Process.--The following apply to a hearing under this
section:
(1) The hearing shall be informal.
(2) The rules of evidence shall not apply during the
hearing.
(3) The decision of the hearing officer shall be final,
subject to appeal to the appropriate magisterial district
judge.
(4) If a person requests in writing that the decision of
the hearing officer be appealed, the system administrator
shall file the citation and supporting documents with the
appropriate magisterial district judge who shall hear and
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decide the matter de novo.
§ 3140. Evidence.
(a) Certificate.--The certificate or facsimile of the
certificate under section 3136(b)(7) (relating to citations)
shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the
certificate or facsimile of the certificate.
(b) Mailing.--A manual or automatic record of mailing in
accordance with section 3136(c), which is prepared by the system
administrator in the ordinary course of business, shall be prima
facie evidence of mailing under section 3136(c) and shall be
admissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding as to
the facts contained in the mailed citation.
(c) Recorded image.--A recorded image evidencing a violation
under this subchapter shall be admissible in any judicial or
administrative proceeding to adjudicate the liability for the
violation.
§ 3141. Reports by department.
(a) Issuance and contents.--No later than June 30 of each
year, the department shall issue a report on automated vehicle
noise enforcement systems in this Commonwealth which contains:
(1) A summary of the information contained in the
reports submitted in accordance with section 3134(c)
(relating to system administrator).
(2) An evaluation of the automated vehicle noise
enforcement system within each municipality that is using the
automated vehicle noise enforcement system, based on the
information contained in the reports submitted in accordance
with section 3134(c).
(3) Any recommendations regarding automated vehicle
noise enforcement systems and this subchapter.
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(b) Submittal.--Each report under subsection (a) shall be
submitted to:
(1) The Governor.
(2) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Transportation Committee of the Senate.
(3) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Transportation Committee of the House of Representatives.
(c) Public notice.--Each report under subsection (a) shall
be:
(1) Accessible for inspection and duplication in
accordance with the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3),
known as the Right-to-Know Law.
(2) Posted on the publicly accessible Internet website
of the department.
§ 3142. Rules and regulations.
The department may adopt or promulgate any rule or regulation
necessary to implement, administer and enforce this subchapter,
including:
(1) The form to apply for the installation and use of an
automated vehicle noise enforcement system.
(2) The appropriate signage and location of the signage
that notifies the public of the existence of installed
automated vehicle noise enforcement system equipment at a
designated intersection.
(3) Testing procedures and standards to determine
whether automated vehicle noise enforcement system equipment
is operating correctly.
(4) Forms for citations, certificates or facsimiles of
certificates, notices and other documentation under this
subchapter.
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§ 3143. Expiration.
This subchapter shall expire five years after the effective
date of this section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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