Senate Bill sb0260c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 260

    By the Committee on Transportation and Senators Geller and
    Villalobos




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  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.

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

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

27  airbag compartment. Any person who violates this subsection

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

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

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 260
    306-1472-01




  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  2                              SB 260

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  4  The CS deletes a provision in the bill requiring motor vehicle
    manufacturers to mark airbags with the vehicle identification
  5  number of the vehicle in which the airbag is installed.

  6  The CS also deletes a provision in the bill increasing the
    penalty for dealing in stolen or altered airbags from a third
  7  degree felony to a second degree felony.

  8  Finally, the CS revises the definition of "fake airbag" to
    incorporate recommendations made by motor vehicle
  9  manufacturers.

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