Section 55-2601 – SPORT SHOOTING RANGE — LIABILITY FOR NOISE POLLUTION.
55-2601. SPORT SHOOTING RANGE — LIABILITY FOR NOISE POLLUTION. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a person who operates or uses a sport shooting range in this state shall not be subject to civil liability or criminal prosecution in any matter relating to noise or noise pollution resulting from the operation […]
Section 55-2602 – SPORT SHOOTING RANGE — NUISANCE ACTION — LIMITATIONS.
55-2602. SPORT SHOOTING RANGE — NUISANCE ACTION — LIMITATIONS. (1) Except as provided in this section, a person may not maintain a nuisance action for noise against a shooting range located in the vicinity of that person’s property if the shooting range was established as of the date the person acquired the property. If there […]
Section 55-2603 – LOCAL REGULATION OF SPORT SHOOTING RANGE.
55-2603. LOCAL REGULATION OF SPORT SHOOTING RANGE. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this act does not prohibit a local unit of government from regulating the location and construction of a sport shooting range after the effective date of this act. (2) A local unit of government may regulate noise produced as a […]
Section 55-2604 – DEFINITIONS.
55-2604. DEFINITIONS. As used in this act: (1) "Local unit of government" means a county, city or a town. (2) "Person" means an individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, club, or other legal entity. (3) "Sport shooting range" or "range" means an area designed and operated for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, black […]
Section 55-2605 – PREEMPTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITY — NOISE STANDARDS — ZONING.
55-2605. PREEMPTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITY — NOISE STANDARDS — ZONING. Local governmental law is herein preempted and local governments shall not have authority to establish or enforce noise standards for outdoor sport shooting ranges, not otherwise exempted from local regulation by this chapter, more restrictive than any standards established for state outdoor shooting ranges in […]
Section 55-2606 – SEVERABILITY.
55-2606. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable and if any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. History: [55-2606, added 2008, […]