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§ 20-515 Prohibited acts.
The following shall be prohibited:
   a.   maintaining anywhere for use in connection with towing a radio receiving set or other device capable of receiving signals or messages transmitted on the frequencies allocated for police use except in a tow truck for which there exists a current permit issued by the police commissioner pursuant to section 10-102 of the code. In any prosecution for violation of this subdivision, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such device was used to monitor police transmissions;
   b.   soliciting or offering any inducements or making representations at the scene of a vehicular accident for the towing of any vehicle involved in an accident or for the performance of any repairs on any vehicle involved in an accident except as may be reasonable and necessary at the scene of an accident for the towing of an accident vehicle on a segment of the arterial highways by an arterial tow permittee who has been authorized by the commissioner of transportation or the police commissioner to provide tow service on such segment;
   c.   giving or offering to give any payment, fee, reward, or other thing of value, directly or indirectly, for supplying information concerning a disabled vehicle which may require towing service, which information is or may be used to solicit the towing or repair of such vehicle, or having printed any card or other notice offering to give a payment, fee, reward or other thing of value for such information; or
   d.   at the scene of a vehicular accident, making an estimate of the cost of repairs, offering to make such an estimate, or offering to make repairs, or providing any inducement, discount, reward, or other thing of value to encourage, urge or steer any person to have such accident vehicle towed to a repair facility or to have such accident vehicle repaired at a particular repair facility.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1987/028, L.L. 1993/112, L.L. 1996/058 and L.L. 1997/094.