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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 2003, c. 451, Pt.
T, §14, 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 2003, c. 451, Pt.
T, §14, 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 a municipal 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 2003, c. 510, Pt.
C, §9 and affected by c. 599, §§12 and 13, is further amended to
read:

 
F. Only vehicles listed in this paragraph, rural mail vehicles
as provided in paragraph C, subparagraph (5) and


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