1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor vehicles; allowing collector emergency vehicles to display and 
1.3 	use nonconforming colored lights;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 
1.4 	169.64, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.64, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Colored light. (a) Unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner of 
1.8 	public safety, no vehicle shall be equipped, nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle 
1.9 	or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device displaying a red light or any 
1.10 	colored light other than those required or permitted in this chapter.
1.11 	(b) A vehicle manufactured for use as an emergency vehicle may display and use 
1.12 	colored lights that are not otherwise required or permitted in this chapter, provided that 
1.13 	the vehicle is owned and operated according to section 168.10, is owned and operated 
1.14 	solely as a collector's item and not for general transportation purposes, and is registered 
1.15 	under section 168.10, subdivision 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1g, or 1h. A person may not activate the 
1.16 	colored lights authorized under this paragraph on streets or highways except as part of 
1.17 	a parade or other special event.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.