ENROLLED
ACT No. 158
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 753
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROMERO
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:327(D) and to enact R.S. 32:327(E), relative to special
3 restrictions on lamps; to authorize the sale of emergency lights to a person employed
4 in highway construction services; to authorize the possession of emergency lights by
5 highway construction personnel; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32:327(D) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 32:327(E) is
8 hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง327. Special restrictions on lamps
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11 D. No person shall sell a dashboard, hood, vehicle front grill, or vehicle roof
12 mounted emergency light that emits a blue or red glow, or that emits a glow in any
13 combination of the colors red, white, and blue, to any person who is not a peace glow
14 to any person.
15 E. No person shall sell a dashboard, hood, vehicle front grill, or vehicle roof
16 mounted emergency light that emits a red glow, or that emits a glow of red and
17 white, to any person who is not a peace officer, a firefighter, or a person employed
18 in the performance of emergency, highway construction, or public utility services.
19 No person shall possess such an emergency light except peace officers, or
20 firefighters, or public utility, highway construction, and or emergency personnel.
21 However, vehicles which are owned and operated by members of nonprofit
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1 corporations as provided in R.S. 12:201 et seq. and which are tax exempt in
2 accordance with Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, for exhibition in
3 shows, parades, tours, and other special events and not for general transportation
4 may be equipped with alternately flashing red lights and these lights may have
5 sufficient intensity to be visible at five hundred feet in normal sunlight, provided that
6 such use shall only be allowed when the vehicle is participating in exhibitions,
7 shows, parades, tours, and other special events, and not for general transportation.
8 The secretary by rule shall establish the criteria to be used in determining which
9 persons, other than members of such nonprofit corporations, qualify to purchase or
10 possess emergency lights as described in this Subsection.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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