Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§2, ķA, 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 school bus; and a highway maintenance vehicle may be equipped with a device that provides for alternate flashing of the vehicle's headlights.

Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2312 is enacted to read:

§2312.__Lights

At all times during the operation of a school bus, an operator of a school bus shall keep lit the headlights and daytime running lights, if equipped, of the bus.__A school bus brought into service after the effective date of this section must be equipped with daytime running lights.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the law to allow school buses to be equipped with a device that provides for alternate flashing of the headlights. In addition, this bill requires operators of school buses to keep the headlights and daytime running lights on at all times of operation. School buses coming into operation after the effective date of this Act must be equipped with daytime running lights.