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                                   4523
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 9, 2023
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 Introduced  by Sens. HELMING, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed 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 subparagraph (a) of para-
 graph 5 of subdivision 41 of section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 subparagraph a of paragraph 4 as amended by section 1 of part C of chap-
 ter 58 of the laws of 2020, and  subparagraph  (a)  of  paragraph  5  as
 amended  by  chapter  504  of  the  laws of 2022, 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 subparagraphs b and b-1 of this paragraph.
   (a) One OR MORE green [light] LIGHTS may be affixed to any motor vehi-
 cle owned by a member of a volunteer ambulance service, or  on  a  motor
 vehicle  owned  by  a  member  of such person's family, or by a business
 enterprise in which such person has a proprietary interest or  by  which
 he  is  employed, provided such member has been authorized in writing to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 so affix [a] ONE OR MORE green [light] LIGHTS by the  chief  officer  of
 such  service  as  designated by the members thereof. Such green [light]
 LIGHTS may be displayed exclusively by such member of a volunteer  ambu-
 lance  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  except
 as otherwise provided for in subparagraph [c] (C) of this paragraph.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.