Sec. 7-149c. Municipal regulation of operation and use of external speakers attached to a motor vehicle. Penalties. Seizure and forfeiture.
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(a)Any municipality that adopts an ordinance pursuant to section 7-148 to regulate the operation and use of external speakers attached to a motor vehicle, as defined in section 14-1 in order to preserve the public peace and good order and prevent disturbing noises, may
(1)prescribe a penalty for a violation of such ordinance in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for a first violation, in an amount not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars for a second violation, and in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars for a third or subsequent violation, and
(2)provide for the seizure and forfeiture to the municipality of such external speakers for a violation of such ordinance.
(b)No external speaker shall be forfeited under an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section to the extent of the interest of an owner by reason of any act or omission committed by another person if such owner did not know and could not have reasonably known that such external speaker was being used or was intended to be used in violation of a municipal ordinance.
(c)Any external speaker ordered forfeited pursuant to such an ordinance shall be sold at a public auction conducted by the municipality. The proceeds of such sale shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipality, who shall deposit such proceeds into the general fund of the municipality.