| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to safety belt law enforcement; creating |
| 3 | the Dori Slosberg and Katie Marchetti Safety Belt Law; |
| 4 | amending s. 316.614, F.S.; deleting a requirement for |
| 5 | enforcement of the Florida Safety Belt Law as a secondary |
| 6 | action; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Dori Slosberg and |
| 11 | Katie Marchetti Safety Belt Law." |
| 12 | Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 316.614, Florida |
| 13 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 316.614 Safety belt usage.-- |
| 15 | (8) Any person who violates the provisions of this section |
| 16 | commits a nonmoving violation, punishable as provided in chapter |
| 17 | 318. However, except for violations of s. 316.613 and paragraph |
| 18 | (4)(a), enforcement of this section by state or local law |
| 19 | enforcement agencies must be accomplished only as a secondary |
| 20 | action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been detained for a |
| 21 | suspected violation of another section of this chapter, chapter |
| 22 | 320, or chapter 322. |
| 23 | Section 3. This act shall take effect June 30, 2009. |