Senate Bill sb1832

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1832

    By Senator Peaden





    1-1342-02                                           See HB 345

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to negligence; creating s.

  3         768.093, F.S.; providing that specified

  4         assistive technology devices shall not be

  5         considered dangerous instrumentalities;

  6         defining "powered shopping cart"; providing an

  7         effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Section 768.093, Florida Statutes, is

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13         768.093  Owner liability limits; powered shopping

14  carts.--

15         (1)  For the purposes of this section, the term

16  "powered shopping cart" means an electrically powered

17  assistive technology device which is generally used in a

18  retail establishment by a customer, designed for the

19  simultaneous transport of a person and of goods of any kind,

20  and capable of speeds no greater than 2 1/2 miles per hour.

21         (2)  A powered shopping cart which is provided to a

22  person gratuitously for use solely on the premises of the

23  owner of such powered shopping cart shall not be considered a

24  dangerous instrumentality in this state.

25         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1832
    1-1342-02                                           See HB 345




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  2                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      With respect to ch. 768, F.S., relating to negligence,
  4    provides that a powered shopping cart, as defined by the
      act, provided gratuitously for use solely on the premises
  5    of the owner of such cart, shall not be considered a
      dangerous instrumentality.
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