H.P. 269 - L.D. 378
An Act to Expand the Use of Emergency Equipment on Vehicles Operated by Liquor Enforcement Officers
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §2212, as amended by PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A, §82 and affected by §153 and Pt. C, §15, is repealed.
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:
B. "Authorized emergency vehicle" means any one of the following vehicles:
(1) An ambulance;
(2) A Baxter State Park Authority vehicle operated by a Baxter State Park ranger;
(3) A Bureau of Marine Patrol vehicle operated by a coastal warden;
(4) A Department of Conservation vehicle operated by a forest ranger;
(5) A Department of Conservation vehicle used for forest fire control;
(6) A Department of Corrections vehicle used for responding to the escape of or performing the high-security transfer of a prisoner, juvenile client or juvenile detainee;
(7) A Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife vehicle operated by a warden;
(8) A Department of Public Safety vehicle operated by a liquor enforcement officer for the purpose of enforcing section 2411 or Title 28-A, a state fire inspector or a Maine Drug Enforcement Agency officer;
(9) An emergency medical service vehicle;
(10) A fire department vehicle;
(11) A hazardous material response vehicle;
(12) A railroad police vehicle;
(13) A sheriff's department vehicle;
(14) A State Police or municipal police department vehicle;
(15) A vehicle operated by a chief of police, a sheriff or a deputy sheriff when authorized by the sheriff;
(16) A vehicle operated by a municipal fire inspector, a municipal fire chief, an assistant or deputy chief or a town forest fire warden;
(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.
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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