00                            SENATE BILL NO. 255                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to traffic preemption devices."                                                                        
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 11.56 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04            Sec. 11.56.825.  Unlawful possession or use of traffic preemption device.                                  
05       (a)  A person commits the crime of unlawful possession or use of a traffic preemption                             
06       device if the person possesses or uses a traffic preemption device and that person is                             
07       not at the time of the possession or use operating an emergency vehicle.                                          
08            (b)  This section does not apply to an employee of the state or a municipality                               
09       who at the time of the possession or use of a traffic preemption device is authorized to                          
10       install, repair, or maintain traffic preemption devices and only uses a device in the                             
11       process of installing, repairing, and maintaining the devices.                                                    
12            (c)  In this section,                                                                                        
13                 (1)  "emergency vehicle" means a police, fire, or emergency medical                                     
14       service vehicle that only uses a traffic preemption device when responding to a fire or                           
15       other emergency or when transporting a patient to a hospital or clinic or for transfer to                         

01       another emergency vehicle;                                                                                        
02                 (2)  "traffic preemption device" means a system that uses infrared light                                
03       or other technology on a motor vehicle to transmit a signal to a receiver connected to a                          
04       traffic light or other traffic control device for the purpose of giving the vehicle                               
05       transmitting the signal the right-of-way by changing the traffic light or control device.                         
06            (d)  Unlawful possession or use of a traffic preemption device is a class A                                  
07       misdemeanor.