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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO BLUE LIGHTS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 291-31.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  No person shall knowingly operate, affix or cause to
 
 4 be affixed, display, or possess any lamp, reflector, or
 
 5 illumination device which appears to be the color blue upon any
 
 6 motor vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter, bicycle, or moped
 
 7 except for:
 
 8      (1)  [county] County law enforcement vehicles authorized and
 
 9           approved by the chief of police of the county in which
 
10           the vehicle is operated; [or]
 
11      (2)  [department] Department of public safety law
 
12           enforcement vehicles authorized and approved by the
 
13           director of public safety[.]; or
 
14      (3)  Department of land and natural resources law
 
15           enforcement vehicles authorized and approved by the
 
16           chairperson of the board of land and natural resources.
 
17 This prohibition shall not apply to factory-installed instrument
 
18 illumination."
 
19      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 

 
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 1 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 2      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 4                              INTRODUCED BY:______________________
 

 
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