Section 399-U. Motor vehicle alarms  


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  • 1. On and after the effective date of
      this section, all devices offered for sale or installed in the state  as
      alarms  for  motor  vehicles  shall be so equipped and shall function so
      that the audible portion of the alarm resets and  ceases  to  sound  not
      more than three minutes after it is activated and commences sounding. No
      audible  burglar  alarm  in  a  motor  vehicle shall be capable of being
      activated except by (a) direct physical contact with that motor  vehicle
      or (b) through the use of an individual remote activation device that is
      designed  to be used with the motor vehicle alarm system of a particular
      vehicle so long as the alarm activated by such device  ceases  to  sound
      within not more than three minutes.
        2.  A  violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute an
      offense punishable by a fine of not more than one  hundred  dollars  for
      the  first  offense  and  not  more than two hundred fifty dollars for a
      second or subsequent offense.