FEDERAL · 18 U.S.C. · Chapter 2
Traffic signal preemption transmitters
18 U.S.C. § 39
Title18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter2 — AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES
This text of 18 U.S.C. § 39 (Traffic signal preemption transmitters) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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18 U.S.C. § 39.
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(a)Offenses.—
(1)Sale.—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.
(2)Use.—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.
(b)Definitions.—In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1)Traffic signal preemption transmitter.—The term "traffic signal preemption transmitter" means any mechanism that can change or alter a traffic signal's phase time or sequence.
(2)Nonqualifying user.—The term "nonqualifying user" means a person who u
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History
(Added Pub. L. 109–59, title II, §2018(a), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1542.)
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Codification
Another section 39 was renumbered section 40 of this title.
Codification
Another section 39 was renumbered section 40 of this title.
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