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CHAPTER 208--H.F.No. 2697

An act

relating to traffic regulations; authorizing use of communications headset by firefighters operating fire department emergency vehicle in emergency;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.471, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.471, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Use of headphones in vehicle.

new text begin (a) new text end No person, while operating a motor vehicle, shall wear headphones or earphones deleted text begin whichdeleted text end new text begin that new text end are used in both ears simultaneously for purposes of receiving or listening to broadcasts or reproductions from radios, tape decks, or other sound-producing or transmitting devices. deleted text begin This section shall not prohibit the use, however, ofdeleted text end

new text begin (b) Paragraph (a) does not prohibit: new text end

new text begin (1) the use of a new text end hearing aid deleted text begin devicesdeleted text end new text begin device new text end by deleted text begin persons in need thereofdeleted text end new text begin a person who needs the device; or new text end

new text begin (2) the use of a communication headset by a firefighter while operating a fire department emergency vehicle in response to an emergencynew text end .

Presented to the governor May 15, 2006

Signed by the governor May 16, 2006, 5:00 p.m.

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