Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 360, §5, is further amended by amending subparagraphs (17) and (18) to read:

(17) A vehicle operated by a qualified deputy sheriff or other qualified individual to perform court security-related functions and services as authorized by the State Court Administrator pursuant to Title 4, section 17, subsection 15; or

(18) A Federal Government vehicle operated by a federal law enforcement officer.; or

Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 360, §5, is further amended by enacting subparagraph (19) to read:

(19)__A personal vehicle operated by an active member of a municipal or volunteer fire department, only when the member is en route to or at the scene of a fire or other emergency.

Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

A. Only an ambulance; an emergency medical service vehicle; a fire department vehicle; a police vehicle; a Department of Conservation vehicle used for forest fire control; a Department of Corrections vehicle as described in subsection 1, paragraph B, subparagraph (6); and a highway maintenance vehicle may be equipped with a device that provides for alternate flashing of the vehicle's headlights.

A personal vehicle operated by an active member of a municipal or volunteer fire department may be equipped with a device that provides for alternate flashing of the vehicle's headlights, but the devices may be used only when the member is en route to or at the scene of a fire or other emergency.

Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§2, ¶F, as amended by PL 1995, c. 22, §1, is further amended to read:

F. Only vehicles listed in this paragraph, rural mail vehicles as provided in paragraph C, subparagraph (5) and school buses may be equipped with, display or use a red auxiliary or emergency light.