Senate Bill 0958

    Florida Senate - 1999                                   SB 958

    By Senators Saunders, Lee, Clary, Horne, Brown-Waite, Bronson,
    Jones, Meek, Webster and Gutman




    25-502-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motorcycles and mopeds;

  3         amending s. 316.211, F.S.; exempting persons

  4         over a specified age from certain safety

  5         requirements; providing an effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Section 316.211, Florida Statutes, is

10  amended to read:

11         316.211  Equipment for motorcycle and moped riders.--

12         (1)  No person shall operate or ride upon a motorcycle

13  unless the person is properly wearing protective headgear

14  securely fastened upon his or her head which complies with

15  standards established by the department.

16         (2)  No person shall operate a motorcycle unless the

17  person is wearing an eye-protective device over his or her

18  eyes of a type approved by the department.

19         (3)  This section does shall not apply to persons

20  riding within an enclosed cab, or to any person 16 years of

21  age or older who is operating or riding upon a motorcycle

22  powered by a motor that has with a displacement of 50 cubic

23  centimeters or less, that or is rated not in excess of 2 brake

24  horsepower, and that which is not capable of propelling such

25  motorcycle at a speed greater than 30 miles per hour on level

26  ground, or to any person 21 years of age or older.

27         (4)  No person under 16 years of age shall operate or

28  ride upon a moped unless the person is properly wearing

29  protective headgear securely fastened upon his or her head

30  which complies with standards established by the department.

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  1         (5)  The department is authorized to approve protective

  2  headgear made to specifications drawn and devised by, or

  3  approved by, the American National Standards Institute, the

  4  United States Department of Transportation, the United States

  5  Consumer Products Safety Commission, the United States

  6  Department of Defense, or any other entity which can provide

  7  equally effective equipment specifications.  The department

  8  shall publish lists of protective equipment, and such lists

  9  shall be made available by request to all users of such

10  equipment.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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15    Exempts persons 21 years of age or older from certain
      motorcycle and moped safety requirements.
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