The law on peace and quiet of citizens adopted in the first reading
The relevant bill, introduced by the regional prosecutor Vasily Voikin, at a meeting of the Legislative Assembly caused a heated discussion, but was nevertheless adopted by a majority in the first reading.
The bill tightens the requirements for ensuring the peace of citizens and silence in the territory of the region. In particular, it is proposed to add a list of objects where it will be forbidden to make noise to the existing norms. These will include objects of social purpose, education, healthcare, as well as trade and consumer services, working at night, horticultural, horticultural and country non-profit associations. It is also proposed to add to the existing list of actions that will disturb the peace of citizens and silence, to add the pet owner's failure to take measures to stop barking, howling and other noise from animals, as well as loud speech and earthworks. In addition, it is proposed to revise the rules regarding the time during which peace and quiet must be ensured. The current law provides for a single time from 22.00 to 06.00 in the morning on any day. The prosecutor's office proposed to delimit the time for weekends and weekdays. For working days, it is proposed to ban noise from 22 to 9 hours, and on weekends - from 23 to 10 hours. The deputies proposed to set the time limits as follows - on weekdays from 22.00, on weekends and holidays - from 23.00. The morning period is proposed to be set the same for all days - until 9.00.
Recall that the deputies have already considered the bill twice, including with the participation of members of the Expert Council. Prior to its consideration at today's meeting, the bill was finalized, the comments and suggestions of the deputies of the relevant committee were taken into account in it.
At a meeting of the Legislative Assembly, deputies Viktor Lopatin and Alexander Filonich, representing the construction industry of the region, categorically spoke out against the bill. The adoption of such a law, in their opinion, will increase the time of construction work, since builders will lose the opportunity to work around the clock, which will lead to a rise in the cost of facilities. “Thus, we simply beat people who want to work on the hands. The season is short. What is it like to start at 9 o'clock in the morning, finish at 22.00, plus a lunch break - when to work? Viktor Lopatin asked. Deputy Oleksandr Filonich also supported him: “Let's squeeze the construction complex, completely reduce budget revenues, but we will live in silence,” the deputy says. Sokto Mazhiev, chairman of the profile committee on state policy, agreed that the bill could be finalized in its individual parts, while urging colleagues to think first of all about the interests of the people they represent. “The bill did not appear out of nowhere, but on the basis of numerous appeals from the inhabitants of Transbaikalia. Therefore, we must adopt it in the first reading, and in preparation for the second reading, once again discuss all the issues raised.” As a result of long discussions, the bill was adopted in the first reading by a majority of votes.
It should be noted that according to the results of a survey conducted on the website of the Legislative Assembly, the majority of respondents believe that the approach to setting the time for silence should be differentiated depending on the day of the week - 55% of the total number of voters supported this. 28% of respondents believe that it is not necessary to change the time. 15% of respondents propose to increase the time, taking into account the longer rest time of citizens throughout the week. 3% of the respondents do not have a specific opinion on this issue.
