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LD 493 Title Page An Act Regarding the Use of Lights and Sirens on Personal Vehicles Used by Volu... Page 2 of 3
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
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.;

 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 360,
§5, is further amended by enacting subparagraphs (19) and (20)
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; or

 
(20)__A personal vehicle operated by an active member
of an emergency medical service, only when the member
is en route to or at the scene of an 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); a personal
vehicle operated by an active member of a municipal or
volunteer fire department or an emergency medical service,
only when the member is en route to or at the scene of a
fire or other emergency; and a highway maintenance vehicle
may be equipped with a device that provides for alternate
flashing of the vehicle's headlights.

 
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.


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