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                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MANKTELOW  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the  display
   of blue and green lights on certain motor vehicles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph a of paragraph 4 and the opening paragraph  of
 paragraph  5 of subdivision 41 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic
 law, subparagraph a of paragraph 4 as amended by chapter 465 of the laws
 of 2010, and the opening paragraph of paragraph 5 as amended by  chapter
 349 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read as follows:
   a. One OR MORE blue [light] LIGHTS may be affixed to any motor vehicle
 owned  by  a volunteer member of a fire department or on a motor vehicle
 owned by a member of such person's family residing in the same household
 or by a business enterprise in  which  such  person  has  a  proprietary
 interest  or  by  which  he  or she is employed, provided such volunteer
 firefighter has been authorized in writing to so affix [a] ONE  OR  MORE
 blue  [light]  LIGHTS  by the chief of the fire department or company of
 which he or she is a member, which authorization  shall  be  subject  to
 revocation  at  any  time by the chief who issued the same or his or her
 successor in office. Such blue [light] LIGHTS may  be  displayed  exclu-
 sively by such volunteer firefighter on such a vehicle only when engaged
 in  an  emergency operation. The use of blue lights on vehicles shall be
 restricted for use only by a volunteer firefighter except  as  otherwise
 provided for in subparagraph b of this paragraph.
   One  OR  MORE green [light] LIGHTS may be affixed to any motor vehicle
 owned by a member of a volunteer ambulance service, or on a motor  vehi-
 cle  owned  by a member of such person's family, or by a business enter-
 prise in which such person has a proprietary interest or by which he  is
 employed,  provided  such  member  has  been authorized in writing to so
 affix [a] ONE OR MORE green [light] LIGHTS by the chief officer of  such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 service  as designated by the members thereof. Such green [light] LIGHTS
 may be displayed exclusively by such member  of  a  volunteer  ambulance
 service  only  when  engaged in an emergency operation. The use of green
 lights  on  vehicles  shall  be restricted for use only by a member of a
 volunteer ambulance service as provided for in this paragraph.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.