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Senate File 40

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  718.2A  OFFICIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
  1  2 WARNING DEVICES USED TO COMMIT PUBLIC OFFENSE – PENALTY.
  1  3    1.  A person who uses an official law enforcement warning
  1  4 device or signal or uses a device or signal that looks or
  1  5 sounds like an official law enforcement warning device or
  1  6 signal while committing, or attempting to commit, a public
  1  7 offense commits an aggravated misdemeanor.
  1  8    2.  For purposes of this section an "official law
  1  9 enforcement warning device or signal" means lights, sirens,
  1 10 bells, insignia, public address systems, or other warning
  1 11 devices or signals which are used as equipment in or as
  1 12 markers on authorized emergency vehicles operated by peace
  1 13 officers in the performance of official duties.  "Official law
  1 14 enforcement warning device or signal" includes, but is not
  1 15 limited to, red lights under section 321.422, flashing lights
  1 16 authorized for police vehicles under section 321.423, sirens
  1 17 or bells under section 321.433, peace officer magnetic patrol
  1 18 plates, and the insignia of a law enforcement agency upon a
  1 19 motor vehicle.  
  1 20 SF 40
  1 21 lh/cc/26
     

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