| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 29, §2, | is further amended by amending subparagraphs (17) and (18) to | read: |
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| (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 |
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| (18) A Federal Government vehicle operated by a | federal law enforcement officer.; or |
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| | Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 29, §2, | is further amended by enacting subparagraphs (19) and (20) to | read: |
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| (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 |
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| (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. |
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| | 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: |
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| 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. |
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| | Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§2, ¶F, as amended by PL 1995, c. 22, §1, | is further amended to read: |
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| 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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