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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683,
Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

 
D. Emergency lights used on a police vehicle; a
Department of Corrections vehicle as described in
subsection 1, paragraph B, subparagraph (6); a vehicle
operated by a chief of police, a sheriff or a deputy
sheriff; and a vehicle operated by a qualified deputy
sheriff or other qualified individual performing court
security-related functions and services must emit a blue
light or a combination of blue and white light. No other
vehicle may be equipped with or display a blue light,
except that on On any vehicle, or replica of a vehicle,
manufactured prior to 1952 and registered under section
457, the taillight may contain a blue or purple insert of
not more than one inch in diameter.

 
Sec. 2. 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.

 
(1) Emergency lights used on an ambulance, an
emergency medical service vehicle, a fire department
vehicle, a fire vehicle or a hazardous material
response vehicle must emit a red light or a
combination of red and white light and may be
equipped with one blue light mounted at the rear of
the vehicle so that the light is visible to
approaching traffic.

 
(2) The municipal officers or a municipal official
designated by the municipal officers, with the
approval of the fire chief, may authorize an active
member of a municipal or volunteer fire department to
use a flashing red signal light not more than 5
inches in diameter on a vehicle. The light may be
displayed but may be used only while the member is en
route to or at the scene of a fire or other
emergency. The light must be mounted as near as
practicable above the registration plate on the front
of the vehicle or on the dashboard. A light mounted
on the dashboard must be shielded so that the emitted
light does not interfere with the operator's vision.

 
(3) Members of an emergency medical service licensed by Maine
Emergency Medical Services may display and use


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