{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s39","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f39.","heading":"Traffic signal preemption transmitters","text":"\u00a7\u202f39.\nTraffic signal preemption transmitters\n(a)\nOffenses.\u2014\n(1)\nSale.\u2014\nWhoever, 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.\n(2)\nUse.\u2014\nWhoever, 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.\n(b)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section, the following definitions apply:\n(1)\nTraffic signal preemption transmitter.\u2014\nThe term \u201ctraffic signal preemption transmitter\u201d means any mechanism that can change or alter a traffic signal\u2019s phase time or sequence.\n(2)\nNonqualifying user.\u2014\nThe term \u201cnonqualifying user\u201d 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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s39.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s39","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f39."},{"t":"heading","text":"Traffic signal preemption transmitters"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s39/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Offenses.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s39/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Sale.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s39/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Use.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s39/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section, the following definitions apply:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s39/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Traffic signal preemption transmitter.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201ctraffic signal preemption transmitter\u201d means any mechanism that can change or alter a traffic signal\u2019s phase time or sequence.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s39/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Nonqualifying user.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cnonqualifying user\u201d 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}