Public utility safety lights.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide specific details on how the law updates existing vehicle lighting and signal regulations beyond allowing public utility vehicles to use flashing red lights for emergency services.

Public Utility Safety Lights

This law allows public utility vehicles to use flashing red lights when providing emergency services.

What This Bill Does

• Allows public utility vehicles to display one or more flashing red lights while providing emergency services.
• Requires the lights to be visible from at least 500 feet away.

Who It Names or Affects

• Public utility companies that operate vehicles.
• Drivers who may encounter public utility vehicles on the road.

Terms To Know

public utility

A company or organization that provides essential services like electricity, water, and gas to the public.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only allows flashing red lights for emergency situations.
• It does not specify what types of emergencies qualify for using these lights.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 21LSO-0193
Bill No.:

SF0089

Effective:

7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

21LSO-0193

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0046

Chapter No.:

84

Prime Sponsor:

Kost

Catch Title:

Public utility safety lights.

Subject:

Authorizes the use of red lights by public utility vehicles.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act allows public utility vehicles to display one (1) or more flashing red lights when providing emergency services.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

21LSO-0193

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0089

ENROLLED ACT NO. 46,

SENATE

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2021 General Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; providing for the use of safety lights by public utility vehicles as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 31
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224(b)(intro) and 31
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928 by creating a new subsection (h) are amended to read:

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224.

Operation of vehicles upon approach of authorized emergency vehicles and other parked or slow
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moving vehicles.

(b)

When an authorized municipal, public utility or highway construction or maintenance vehicle is stopped or is moving at less than twenty (20) miles per hour on or within three (3) feet of a roadway and is making use of any visual signals provided for in W.S. 31
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928(d), (f)(ii)
, (h)
or 31
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930, the driver of every other vehicle, as soon as it is safe:

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928.

General lighting restrictions; authorized emergency vehicles.

(h)

In addition to those lights otherwise authorized by law, a public utility vehicle may display one (1) or more flashing red lights visible from five hundred (500) feet of the vehicle when providing emergency services. For purposes of this subsection, "public utility" means as defined in W.S. 37
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101(a)(vi).

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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