| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | 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: |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 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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| | | (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. |
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| | | (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. |
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| | | (3) Members of an emergency medical service licensed by Maine | | Emergency Medical Services may display and use |
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