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House Bill 0447c1




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997              CS/HB 447

        By the Committee on Transportation and Representatives
    Lippman, Jones, Feeney, Trovillion, Cosgrove, Fuller,
    Sublette, Miller, Tobin and Casey




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Safety Belt Law;

  3         amending s. 316.614, F.S.; providing that it is

  4         unlawful to operate a motor vehicle in this

  5         state unless each passenger of the vehicle

  6         under the age of 16 is restrained by a safety

  7         belt or child restraint device; providing an

  8         exception to safety belt use; eliminating a

  9         provision which requires enforcement of the act

10         only as a secondary action; providing an

11         effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Subsections (4) and (8) of section 316.614,

16  Florida Statutes, 1996 Supplement, are amended, and paragraph

17  (c) is added to subsection (6) of said section, to read:

18         316.614  Safety belt usage.--

19         (4)  It is unlawful for any person:

20         (a)  To operate a motor vehicle in this state unless

21  each front seat passenger of the vehicle under the age of 16

22  years is restrained by a safety belt or by a child restraint

23  device pursuant to s. 316.613, if applicable; or

24         (b)  To operate a motor vehicle in this state unless

25  the person is restrained by a safety belt.

26         (6)

27         (c)  An employee of a solid waste or recyclable

28  collection service is not required to be restrained by a

29  safety belt while in the course of employment collecting solid

30  waste or recyclables on designated routes.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997              CS/HB 447

    198-276-97






  1         (8)  Any person who violates the provisions of this

  2  section commits a nonmoving violation, punishable as provided

  3  in chapter 318. However, enforcement of this section by state

  4  or local law enforcement agencies must be accomplished only as

  5  a secondary action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been

  6  detained for a suspected violation of another section of this

  7  chapter, chapter 320, or chapter 322.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

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