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    2001 Legislature                    CS/HB 157, First Engrossed



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  2         An act relating to Motor Vehicles; creating s.

  3         860.146, F.S.; defining the terms "fake airbag"

  4         and "junk-filled airbag compartment";

  5         prohibiting the sale, purchase, or installation

  6         of fake airbags or junk-filled airbag

  7         compartments; providing criminal penalties;

  8         providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 860.146, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         860.146  Fake airbags; junk-filled airbag

15  compartment.--

16         (1)  As used in this section, the term:

17         (a)  "Fake airbag" means any item other than an air bag

18  that was designed in accordance with federal safety

19  regulations for a given make, model, and year of motor vehicle

20  as part of a motor vehicle inflatable restraint system.

21         (b)  "Junk-filled airbag compartment" means an airbag

22  compartment that is filled with any substance that does not

23  function in the same manner or to the same extent as an airbag

24  to protect vehicle occupants in a vehicle crash. The term does

25  not include a compartment from which an airbag has deployed if

26  there is no concealment of the deployment.

27         (2)  It is unlawful for anyone to knowingly purchase,

28  sell, or install on any vehicle any fake airbag or junk-filled

29  airbag compartment. Any person who violates this subsection

30  commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided

31  in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.


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