SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 614
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 904472
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11  Senator Diaz de la Portilla moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, between lines 25 and 26,
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17         Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
18  316.6145, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         316.6145  School buses; safety belts or other restraint
20  systems required.--
21         (1)(a)  Each school bus that is purchased new after
22  December 31, 2000, and used to transport students in grades
23  pre-K through 12 must be equipped with safety belts or with
24  any other restraint system approved by the Federal Government
25  in a number sufficient to allow each student who is being
26  transported to use a separate safety belt or restraint system.
27  These safety belts must meet the standards required under s.
28  316.614. A school bus that was purchased prior to December 31,
29  2000, is not required to be equipped with safety belts.
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31  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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    5:10 PM   04/23/03                                s0614c-36c3t

SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 614 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 904472 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 On page 1, line 5, following the semicolon 4 5 insert: 6 amending s. 316.6145, F.S.; clarifying 7 applicability of requirements that school buses 8 purchased after a specified date be equipped 9 with safety belts or other restraints; 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 5:10 PM 04/23/03 s0614c-36c3t