2016 SESSION
\t16-2209
\t08/09
HOUSE BILL\t1131
AN ACT\trelative to vehicles formerly used as ambulances.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Proulx, Hills. 44
COMMITTEE:\tTransportation
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill creates a penalty for operating emergency lights and sirens on vehicles formerly used as ambulances.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2209
\t08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to vehicles formerly used as ambulances.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Vehicles Formerly Used as Ambulances. Amend RSA 266:78-r to read as follows:
\t266:78-r Vehicle Formerly Used as Ambulance [to Have Identifying Features Removed]. [Prior to] When driving on the ways of the state, a vehicle which was formerly used as an ambulance or rescue vehicle but is no longer licensed as an ambulance under RSA 153-A, [a person shall remove any siren, red forward and side emergency lights, gold lettering, red cross, caduceus, or other medical insignia, "Keep back 500 feet,'' "Emergency,'' "Ambulance,'' "Rescue,'' or other lettering or insignia that might cause the vehicle to be mistaken for a working ambulance or rescue vehicle] the driver of such vehicle shall not operate any siren or red forward and side emergency lights. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation and subject to a civil penalty of $500. This section shall not apply to vehicles owned or leased by state, county, or municipal emergency response agencies, the American Red Cross, duly registered antique vehicles, or licensed transporting EMS agencies.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.