| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 360, | §5, is further amended by amending subparagraphs (17) and (18) | to read: |
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| (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 |
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| (18) A Federal Government vehicle operated by a | federal law enforcement officer.; |
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| | Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 360, | §5, is further amended by enacting subparagraphs (19) and (20) | to read: |
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| (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 |
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| (20)__A personal vehicle operated by an active member | of an emergency medical service, only when the member | is en route to or at the scene of an emergency. |
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| | 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: |
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| 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. |
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| | Sec. 4. 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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