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MEDIA PRODUCTION VEHICLE EXEMPTION

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2015 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Daniel McCay

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Senate Sponsor: Todd Weiler

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies the Traffic Code by amending vehicle equipment restrictions.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     defines terms;
13          ▸     exempts a media production vehicle from certain vehicle lighting restrictions in
14     certain circumstances related to a media production; and
15          ▸     makes technical changes.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
19          None
20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     AMENDS:
22          41-6a-1616, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2006, Chapter 100
23     ENACTS:
24          41-6a-1718, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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26     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27          Section 1. Section 41-6a-1616 is amended to read:
28          41-6a-1616. High intensity beams -- Red or blue lights -- Flashing lights -- Color
29     of rear lights and reflectors.
30          (1) (a) Except as provided under Subsection (1)(b), under the conditions specified
31     under Subsection 41-6a-1603(1)(a), a lighted lamp or illuminating device on a vehicle, which
32     projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than 300 candlepower shall be directed so that
33     no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which
34     the vehicle stands at a distance of more than 75 feet from the vehicle.
35          (b) The provisions of Subsection (1)(a) do not apply to head lamps, spot lamps,
36     auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, hazard warning lamps, and school bus warning lamps.
37          (c) A motor vehicle on a highway may not have more than a total of four lamps lighted
38     on the front of the vehicle including head lamps, auxiliary lamps, spot lamps, or any other lamp
39     if the lamp projects a beam of an intensity greater than 300 candlepower.
40          (2) (a) Except for an authorized emergency vehicle [and] described in Section
41     41-6a-1601, a school bus described in Section 41-6a-1302, or a media production vehicle used
42     in accordance with Section 41-6a-1718, a person may not operate or move any vehicle or
43     equipment on a highway with a lamp or device capable of displaying a red light that is visible
44     from directly in front of the center of the vehicle.
45          (b) Except for a law enforcement vehicle, or a media production vehicle used in
46     accordance with Section 41-6a-1718, a person may not operate or move any vehicle or
47     equipment on a highway with a lamp or device capable of displaying a blue light that is visible
48     from directly in front of the center of the vehicle.
49          (3) A person may not use flashing lights on a vehicle except for:
50          (a) taillights of bicycles [under] described in Section 41-6a-1114;
51          (b) authorized emergency vehicles [under rules made by the department under]
52     described in Section 41-6a-1601;
53          (c) turn signals [under] described in Section 41-6a-1604;
54          (d) hazard warning lights [under] described in Sections 41-6a-1608 and 41-6a-1611;
55          (e) school bus flashing lights [under] described in Section 41-6a-1302; [and]
56          (f) vehicles engaged in highway construction or maintenance [under] described in
57     Section 41-6a-1617[.]; and
58          (g) a media production vehicle used in accordance with Section 41-6a-1718.
59          (4) [A] Except for an authorized emergency vehicle described in Section 41-62-1601,
60     or a media production vehicle used in accordance with Section 41-7a-1718, a person may not
61     use a rotating light on any vehicle [other than an authorized emergency vehicle].
62          Section 2. Section 41-6a-1718 is enacted to read:
63          41-6a-1718. Media production vehicle -- Definition -- Exemption -- Identification.
64          (1) As used in this section:
65          (a) "Media production" means the making of a motion picture, television show, video,
66     commercial, Internet video, or other viewable programming provided to viewers via a movie
67     theater or transmitted through broadcast radio wave, cable, satellite, wireless, or Internet.
68          (b) "Media production vehicle" means a vehicle used exclusively for media production.
69          (2) A media production vehicle is exempt from the restrictions of Section 41-6a-1616
70     while the vehicle is:
71          (a) being used to simulate an authorized emergency vehicle in a media production; or
72          (b) being driven in transit between the media production location and the media
73     production vehicle storage location if during transit the vehicle displays a sign prominently on
74     each front-side door of the media production vehicle stating "Media Production Vehicle."




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