Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

LB10                                                                                 LB10
                                                                               2019
                                LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
                            ONE HUNDRED SIXTH LEGISLATURE
                                    FIRST SESSION
                       LEGISLATIVE BILL 10
       Introduced by Blood, 3.
       Read first time January 10, 2019
       Committee: Transportation and Telecommunications
  A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; to amend section 60-6,230,
      Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement,   2018;   to authorize the
      operation of    lighted-billboard motor vehicles;    to harmonize
      provisions; and to repeal the original section.
  Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
                                          -1-
LB10                                                                                         LB10
                                                                                       2019
      Section 1. Section 60-6,230, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement,
  2018, is amended to read:
       60-6,230     (1)   Except as    provided in    this section and sections
  60-6,231 to 60-6,233, no person shall operate any motor vehicle or any
  equipment of any description on any highway in this state with any
  rotating or flashing light.
      (2) Except for stop lights and directional signals, which may be
  red, yellow, or amber, and except for lights used on a lighted-billboard
  motor vehicle as authorized under subsection (6) of this section, no
  person shall display any color of light other than red on the rear of any
   motor vehicle or any equipment of any kind on any highway within this
   state.
      (3) Amber rotating or flashing lights shall be displayed on vehicles
  of the Military Department for purpose of convoy control when on any
  state emergency mission.
      (4) A single flashing white light may be displayed on the roof of
  school transportation vehicles during extremely adverse weather
  conditions.
      (5) Blue and amber rotating or flashing lights may be displayed on
   (a) vehicles when operated by the Department of Transportation or any
   local authority for the inspection, construction, repair, or maintenance
   of highways, roads, or streets or (b) vehicles owned and operated by any
   public utility for the construction, maintenance, and repair of utility
   infrastructure on or near any highway.
       (6)    Lights,     including colored lights and light-emitting diode
  screens, may be displayed on the sides and rear of a lighted-billboard
  motor vehicle.
      Sec.   2.     Original section     60-6,230,      Revised Statutes Cumulative
  Supplement, 2018, is repealed.
                                               -2-