LD 552
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LD 552 Title Page An Act to Improve Police Officer Safety LD 552 Title Page
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LR 1653
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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 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.
Emergency lights on a police motorcycle operated for traffic
enforcement may emit a combination of blue and red lights.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill allows emergency lights on a police motorcycle to
emit a combination of blue and red lights.


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