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+ | ===== Arkansas ===== | ||
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+ | **2010 Arkansas Code | ||
+ | Title 27 - Transportation | ||
+ | Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic | ||
+ | Chapter 51 - Operation Of Vehicles -- Rules Of The Road | ||
+ | Subchapter 15 - Paul's Law: To Prohibit Drivers of Motor Vehicles from Using Handheld Wireless Telephones to Engage in Text Messaging | ||
+ | § 27-51-1504 - Use of a handheld wireless telephone when driving. | ||
+ | 27-51-1504. Use of a handheld wireless telephone when driving.** | ||
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+ | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a driver of a motor vehicle shall not use a handheld wireless telephone for wireless interactive communication while operating a motor vehicle. | ||
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+ | (b) (1) A driver of a motor vehicle may use a handheld wireless telephone for wireless interactive communication in emergencies. | ||
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+ | (2) A person is exempt from the requirements of subsection (a) of this section if performing his or her official duties as a: | ||
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+ | (A) Certified law enforcement officer; | ||
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+ | (B) Firefighter; | ||
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+ | (C) Ambulance driver; or | ||
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+ | (D) Emergency medical technician. | ||
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+ | ===== Indiana ===== | ||
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+ | **IC 35-44-3-12 | ||
+ | Unlawful use of a police radio; exemptions; " | ||
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+ | Sec. 12. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally: | ||
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+ | (1) possesses a police radio; | ||
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+ | (2) transmits over a frequency assigned for police emergency purposes; or | ||
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+ | (3) possesses or uses a police radio: | ||
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+ | (A) while committing a crime; | ||
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+ | (B) to further the commission of a crime; or | ||
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+ | (C) to avoid detection by a law enforcement agency; | ||
+ | commits unlawful use of a police radio, a Class B misdemeanor. | ||
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+ | (b) Subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2) do not apply to: | ||
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+ | (1) a governmental entity; | ||
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+ | (2) a regularly employed law enforcement officer; | ||
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+ | (3) a common carrier of persons for hire whose vehicles are used in emergency service; | ||
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+ | (4) a public service or utility company whose vehicles are used in emergency service; | ||
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+ | (5) a person who has written permission from the chief executive officer of a law enforcement agency to possess a police radio; | ||
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+ | (6) a person who holds an amateur radio license issued by the Federal Communications Commission if the person is not transmitting over a frequency assigned for police emergency purposes; | ||
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+ | (7) a person who uses a police radio only in the person' | ||
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+ | (8) a person: | ||
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+ | (A) who is regularly engaged in newsgathering activities; | ||
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+ | (B) who is employed by a newspaper qualified to receive legal advertisements under IC 5-3-1, a wire service, or a licensed commercial or public radio or television station; and | ||
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+ | (C) whose name is furnished by his employer to the chief executive officer of a law enforcement agency in the county in which the employer' | ||
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+ | (9) a person engaged in the business of manufacturing or selling police radios; or | ||
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+ | (10) a person who possesses or uses a police radio during the normal course of the person' | ||
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+ | (c) As used in this section, " | ||
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+ | (1) can be installed, maintained, or operated in a vehicle; or | ||
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+ | (2) can be operated while it is being carried by an individual. | ||
+ | The term does not include a radio designed for use only in a dwelling. | ||
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+ | **Opinion: |