1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to traffic regulations; authorizing use of communications headset by 
1.3 	firefighters operating fire department emergency vehicle in emergency; amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.471, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.471, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Use of headphones in vehicle.  (a) No person, while operating a 
1.8 	motor vehicle, shall wear headphones or earphones whichthat are used in both ears 
1.9 	simultaneously for purposes of receiving or listening to broadcasts or reproductions from 
1.10 	radios, tape decks, or other sound-producing or transmitting devices. This section shall 
1.11 	not prohibit the use, however, of
1.12 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit: 
1.13 	(1) the use of a hearing aid devicesdevice by persons in need thereof a person 
1.14 	who needs the device; or 
1.15 	(2) the use of a communication headset by a firefighter while operating a fire 
1.16 	department emergency vehicle in response to an emergency.