This bill amends existing law to permit volunteer emergency workers to utilize a rear-facing blue light on their private vehicles while engaged in emergency services. The current law, as outlined in RSA 266:78-b, III, restricts the use of blue lights to vehicles owned or leased by various law enforcement and emergency response agencies. The new language specifically allows for the inclusion of "emergency response employees or volunteers of a city, town, or village district" to use these lights when authorized by their department heads.

Additionally, the bill stipulates that when blue lights are installed on a private vehicle owned by or leased to a law enforcement officer, those lights must be covered when the vehicle is operated by someone other than the officer. It also maintains that emergency response vehicles, excluding those used by sworn law enforcement officers, are limited to a single rear-facing blue light. The bill will take effect 60 days after its passage.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 266:78-b