1.  The exhaust of every internal combustion engine used on any power-driven vessel must be effectively muffled by equipment so constructed and used as to muffle the noise of the exhaust in a reasonable manner.

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 488.195

  • Commission: means the Board of Wildlife Commissioners. See Nevada Revised Statutes 488.035
  • Department: means the Department of Wildlife. See Nevada Revised Statutes 488.035
  • Power-driven vessel: means any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion. See Nevada Revised Statutes 488.035
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Nevada Revised Statutes 488.035

2.  The use of cutouts is prohibited.

3.  Subsections 1 and 2 do not apply to:

(a) Power-driven vessels competing in a regatta or boat race approved as provided in NRS 488.305;

(b) Such power-driven vessels while on trial runs between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and during a period not to exceed 48 hours immediately preceding the regatta or boat race;

(c) Such power-driven vessels while competing in official trials for speed records during a period not to exceed 48 hours immediately following the regatta or boat race; or

(d) Any power-driven vessel operating under a separate permit issued by the Department for tuning engines, making test or trial runs or competing in official trials for speed records other than in connection with regattas or boat races.

4.  The Department shall issue permits for the purposes enumerated in paragraph (a) of subsection 3, under such conditions and restrictions as the Commission determines necessary to prevent a public nuisance and to assure the public safety. The Commission may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.

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