HB2941 - Tennessee: Correction, Dept. Of, Firefighters, Law Enforcement, Motor Vehicles, Police

Companion Bill SB3096. Motor Vehicles - Authorizes full-time, part-time, and volunteer members of fire departments and rescue squads to use sirens and red lights on personal vehicles, and authorizes certain police and correction officers to use blue lights on personal vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 55, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 55, Chapter 9. Fiscal Summary for *HB2941 / SB3096Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for *HB2941 / SB3096 Present law requires every police, fire department, and fire patrol vehicle, and every ambulance and emergency repair vehicle of public service companies used for emergency calls, to be equipped with a bell, siren, or exhaust whistle. The bell, siren, or exhaust whistle must be of a type approved by the department of safety or local police authorities in incorporated cities or [...]

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