Senate Bill sb1272

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1272

    By Senator Webster





    9-968-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to chop shops; amending s.

  3         812.16, F.S.; including airbags and airbag

  4         assemblies within the definition of the term

  5         "major component part" for purposes of

  6         provisions prohibiting the operation of a chop

  7         shop and authorizing the seizure and forfeiture

  8         of parts and vehicles; providing an effective

  9         date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

14  812.16, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

15         812.16  Operating chop shops; definitions; penalties;

16  restitution; forfeiture.--

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

18         (b)  "Major component part" means one of the following

19  subassemblies of a motor vehicle, regardless of its actual

20  market value: front-end assembly, including fenders, grills,

21  hood, bumper, and related parts; any airbag and airbag

22  assemblies; frame and frame assembly; engine; transmission;

23  T-tops; rear clip assembly, including quarter panels and floor

24  panel assembly; doors; and tires, tire wheels, and continuous

25  treads and other devices.

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

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  3    Expands the definition of a major component part to
      include airbags and their assemblies in the operation of
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