Rhode Island § 31-24-49 § 31-24-49. Approval of lighting equipment required.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 31-24-49 — § 31-24-49. Approval of lighting equipment required.

Rhode Island § 31-24-49

Title 31Motor and Other vehicles

Ch. 31-24Lighting Equipment and Reflectors

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-24-49 (2026).

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§ 31-24-49. Approval of lighting equipment required.
No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of
            the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer or use upon any such vehicle
            any head lamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp, or reflector which reflector
            is required by this chapter or parts of any of these which tend to change the original
            design or performance, unless of a type which has been submitted to and approved by
            the administrator of the division of motor vehicles. Violations of this section are
            subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
         

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§ 31-24-49. Approval of lighting equipment required.

No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer or use upon any such vehicle any head lamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp, or reflector which reflector is required by this chapter or parts of any of these which tend to change the original design or performance, unless of a type which has been submitted to and approved by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.

(b) The administrator shall approve a flashing amber light configuration for use in funeral processions.

Legislative History

P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 34, § 27; P.L. 1954, ch. 3291, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 31-24-49; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 121; P.L. 2003, ch. 420, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 436, § 1.