2020 -- H 7213 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- LIGHTING EQUIPMENT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Canario, Edwards, Noret, Morin, and Vella-Wilkinson | |
Date Introduced: January 22, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-24-30 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-24 entitled "Lighting |
2 | Equipment and Reflectors" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 31-24-30. Red lights in front prohibited Red and blue lights in front prohibited. |
4 | No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any |
5 | lamp, sign or device on it displaying a red or blue light visible from directly in front of the center |
6 | of or in its windshield it. This section shall not apply to any vehicle upon which a red or blue light |
7 | visible from the front is expressly authorized or required by chapters 1 -- 27 of this title. |
8 | Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in ยง 31-41.1-4. |
9 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- LIGHTING EQUIPMENT | |
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1 | This act would prohibit a motor vehicle from displaying a red or blue light or sign in its |
2 | windshield. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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