Senate Bill sb0180

    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 180

    By Senator Lynn





    7-58-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to motor vehicles; amending s.

  3         316.251, F.S.; providing a definition and

  4         revising maximum bumper-height requirements for

  5         certain vehicles; providing an effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Section 316.251, Florida Statutes, is

10  amended to read:

11         316.251  Maximum bumper heights.--

12         (1) As used in this section, the term "bumper" means a

13  device or attachment on a vehicle for absorbing shock and

14  lessening or preventing damage to the vehicle body in a

15  collision or impact with another object, such as metal bars

16  attached to either end of the vehicle.

17         (2)(1)  Every motor vehicle of net shipping weight of

18  not more than 10,000 5,000 pounds, which is registered for

19  private use under s. 320.08(2), shall be equipped with a front

20  and a rear bumper such that when measured from the ground to

21  the bottom of the bumper the maximum height shall be as

22  follows:

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24  NET WEIGHT                                         FRONT  REAR

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26  Automobiles for private use:

27         Net weight of less than 2,500 pounds          22"   22"

28         Net weight of 2,500 pounds or more,

29      but less than 3,500 pounds                       24"   26"

30         Net weight of 3,500 pounds or more            27"   29"

31  Trucks:

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 180
    7-58-04




 1    Net weight of less than 2,000 pounds               24"   26"

 2         Net weight of 2,000 or more,

 3      but not more than 3,000 pounds                   27"   29"

 4         Net weight of 3,000 pounds,

 5      but not more than 10,000 5,000 pounds            28"   30"

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 7         (3)(2)  "New motor vehicles" as defined in s.

 8  319.001(8), "antique automobiles" as defined in s. 320.08,

 9  "horseless carriages" as defined in s. 320.086, and "street

10  rods" as defined in s. 320.0863 shall be excluded from the

11  requirements of this section.

12         (4)(3)  A violation of this section shall be defined as

13  a moving violation. A person charged with a violation of this

14  section is subject to the penalty provided in s. 318.18.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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19    Defines the term "bumper" and revises bumper-height
      limitations for certain vehicle.
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