Traffic signal preemption transmitters
United States Code
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- 2026Jordan v. State Md. Ct. Spec. App.
- 2025United States v. Schmitt 2d Cir.
- 2018United States v. Baca D.N.M.
- 1948Vermilya-Brown Co. v. Connell U.S.
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Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly sells a traffic signal preemption transmitter to a nonqualifying user shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, being a nonqualifying user makes unauthorized use of a traffic signal preemption transmitter shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both. The term “traffic signal preemption transmitter” means any mechanism that can change or alter a traffic signal’s phase time or sequence. The term “nonqualifying user” means a person who uses a traffic signal preemption transmitter and is not acting on behalf of a public agency or private corporation authorized by law to provide fire protection, law enforcement, emergency medical services, transit services, maintenance, or other services for a Federal, State, or local government entity, but does not include a person using a traffic signal preemption transmitter for classroom or instructional purposes. In this section, the following definitions apply: (Source: (Added Pub. L. 109–59, title II, § 2018(a), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1542.))