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      By: Cook S.B. No. 2739               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     Relating to unreasonable noise near a private residence.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  For purposes of this section:                (1)  an act is deemed to occur in a public place or near   a private residence if it produces its offensive or proscribed   consequences in the public place or near a private residence; and                (2)  a noise is presumed to be unreasonable if the noise   exceeds a decibel level of 85 after the person making the noise   receives notice from a magistrate or peace officer that the noise is   a public nuisance . ; and                 (3)     a noise is presumed to be unreasonable if the noise   exceeds a decibel level of 58 or causes vibrations at a private   residence that is within 30 feet when measured in a direct line of   the property line at which the noise is produced.            SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.