An Act To Allow Optional Auxiliary Lighting on Motor Vehicles Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. I. 29-A MRSA §1909-B is enacted to read: §1909-B. Qptional auxilia£Y lighting 1. General restrictions. Except as otherwise provided by section 2054 and any other law or rule. a vehicle may be e~uipped with or display an auxiliary light. as defined by section 2054. subsection L paragraph C, only if it conforms to the requirements of this section. 2. Color. The color of an auxiliary light must be as follows: A. White or amber if the light is on the front of the vehicle; B. Amber if the light is on the side of the vehicle; or Page 1-LR1083(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1077
Committee Amendment CA_A_H290 (House)
Amends: 29-A MRSA §1909-B, 29-A MRSA §2054

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 730, L.D. 1077, Bill, "An 
Act To Allow Accent Lighting on Motor Vehicles" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Allow Optional Auxiliary Lighting on Motor Vehicles' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. I. 29-A MRSA §1909-B is enacted to read: 
§1909-B. Qptional auxilia£Y lighting 
1. General restrictions. 
Except as otherwise provided by 
section 2054 and any other law or rule. a vehicle may be e~uipped 
with or display an auxiliary light. as defined by section 2054. 
subsection 
L 
paragraph 
C, 
only 
if 
it 
conforms 
to 
the 
requirements of this section. 
2. 
Color. 
The 
color of an auxiliary light must be 
as 
follows: 
A. 
White or amber if the light is on the front of the 
vehicle; 
B. Amber if the light is on the side of the vehicle; or 
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C. Amber or red if the light is on the rear of the vehicle. 
3. Beam. 
An auxiliary light must emit a steady beam of 
light and may not blink, oscillate, rotate or flash. 
4. Brightness. 
An auxiliary light may not emit a beam that 
is brighter than, has a greater candlepower than or distracts 
from the visibility of standard lighting eguipment reguired by 
this Title or by the inspection rules adopted by the Chief of the 
State Police pursuant to section 1769. 
5. 
Operator visibility. 
An 
auxiliary light may 
not 
be 
installed in a manner or on the vehicle so that it distracts or 
impairs the vision of the operator. 
6. 
Under-vehicle 
lighting. 
An 
auxiliary 
light 
is 
under-vehicle lighting if it is 
a 
lighting device or 
lamp, 
including, 
but not limited to, 
a 
neon or 
fluorescent 
tube, 
installed under the chassis and it is designed to illuminate and 
reflect from the surface beneath the vehicle. 
A vehicle may be 
equipped 
with 
under-vehicle 
lighting 
for 
the 
purpose 
of 
participating in shows, 
events or other exhibitions, but the 
lighting 
may 
not 
be 
used 
or 
the 
vehicle 
illuminated with 
under-vehicle lighting on a public way. 
7. 
Violation. 
A person 
who 
operates 
a 
motor 
vehicle 
equipped with, illuminated by, displaying or using an auxiliary 
light in violation of this section commits a traffic infraction. 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§2, 1[D, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
633, §4, is further amended to read: 
D. 
Except as provided in this paragraph, a vehicle may not 
be equipped with or display a blue light. 
(1) 
Emergency lights used on the following vehicles 
must emit a blue light or a combination of blue and 
white 
light: 
a 
police 
vehicle; 
a 
Department 
of 
Corrections 
vehicle 
as 
described 
in 
subsection 
1, 
paragraph B, subparagraph (6); a vehicle operated by a 
chief of police, a sheriff or a deputy sheriff; and a 
vehicle operated by a qualified deputy sheriff or other 
qualified individual performing court security-related 
functions and services. 
(2) 
Emergency 
lights 
used 
on 
an 
ambulance, 
an 
emergency medical service vehicle, 
a fire department 
vehicle or a hazardous material response vehicle may 
include one blue light mounted facing toward the rear 
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of the vehicle so that the light is primarily visible 
to approaching traffic from the rear only. 
(3) 
The 
taillight of 
a 
vehicle, 
or replica of 
a 
and 
registered 
or purple insert 
vehicle, 
manufactured prior 
to 
1952 
under section 457, may contain a blue 
of not more than one inch in diameter. 
(4) Blue interior auxiliary lighting or dash lighting 
may be used on any vehicle if no portion of the beam of 
light is visible at a height of 42 
inches above 
a 
surface parallel with the level surface on which the 
vehicle stands at a distance of 20 feet from any part 
of the vehicle.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
The amendment allows for 
auxiliary lights on the exterior of vehicles and permits blue 
interior lighting. 
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LD 1077 
LR 1083(02) 
An Act To Allow Accent Lighting on Motor Vehicles 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,4" 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor costs increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements: 
Establishes a new traffic infraction. 
The collection of additional fines may increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts. 
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