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CHAPTER 651 An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-1022 of the Code of Virginia, relating to steady-burning blue or red lights on law-enforcement vehicles. [S 410] Approved March 30, 2018

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-1022 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-1022. Flashing or steady-burning blue or red, flashing red and blue or blue and white, or red, white, and blue warning lights.

Certain Department of Military Affairs vehicles and certain Virginia National Guard vehicles designated by the Adjutant General, when used in state active duty to perform particular law-enforcement functions, Department of Corrections vehicles designated by the Director of the Department of Corrections, and law-enforcement vehicles may be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating blue, blue and red, blue and white, or red, white, and blue combination warning lights of types approved by the Superintendent. Such warning lights may be of types constructed within turn signal housings or motorcycle headlight housings, subject to approval by the Superintendent.

Law-enforcement vehicles may also be equipped with steady-burning blue or red warning lights of types approved by the Superintendent.