SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, including section 7E of chapter 90 of the General Laws, the town manager of the city known as the town of Barnstable may designate in writing specific town-owned vehicles authorized to mount, display and operate a flashing, rotating or oscillating red light in any direction, provided the red lights are operated solely by the town’s director of marine and environmental affairs, harbormaster and harbormaster staff while proceeding to an emergency or in response to an alarm in the performance of their official duties, and at no other time. No such red light shall be mounted or displayed until an application has been made to the registrar of motor vehicles and a written permit has been issued and delivered to the town manager. The town manager shall maintain an inventory of the specific vehicles, including by registration number, which are authorized to mount and display the red lights.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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