| 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 provision exempting |
| 5 | certain passengers from using a safety belt; providing a |
| 6 | safety belt exemption for motor vehicles not required to |
| 7 | be equipped with safety belts under federal law; deleting |
| 8 | a requirement for enforcement of the Florida Safety Belt |
| 9 | Law as a secondary action; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Dori Slosberg and |
| 14 | Katie Marchetti Safety Belt Law." |
| 15 | Section 2. Subsections (6) and (8) of section 316.614, |
| 16 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 17 | 316.614 Safety belt usage.-- |
| 18 | (6)(a) Neither a person who is certified by a physician as |
| 19 | having a medical condition that causes the use of a safety belt |
| 20 | to be inappropriate or dangerous nor an employee of a newspaper |
| 21 | home delivery service while in the course of his or her |
| 22 | employment delivering newspapers on home delivery routes is |
| 23 | required to be restrained by a safety belt. |
| 24 | (b) The number of front seat passengers of a pickup truck |
| 25 | required to wear a safety belt pursuant to this section shall |
| 26 | not exceed the number of safety belts which were installed in |
| 27 | the front seat of such pickup truck by the manufacturer. |
| 28 | (b)(c) An employee of a solid waste or recyclable |
| 29 | collection service is not required to be restrained by a safety |
| 30 | belt while in the course of employment collecting solid waste or |
| 31 | recyclables on designated routes. |
| 32 | (c)(d) The requirements of this section shall not apply to |
| 33 | the living quarters of a recreational vehicle or a space within |
| 34 | a truck body primarily intended for merchandise or property. |
| 35 | (d) This section does not apply to any motor vehicle that |
| 36 | is not required to be equipped with safety belts under federal |
| 37 | law. |
| 38 | (8) Any person who violates the provisions of this section |
| 39 | commits a nonmoving violation, punishable as provided in chapter |
| 40 | 318. However, except for violations of s. 316.613 and paragraph |
| 41 | (4)(a), enforcement of this section by state or local law |
| 42 | enforcement agencies must be accomplished only as a secondary |
| 43 | action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been detained for a |
| 44 | suspected violation of another section of this chapter, chapter |
| 45 | 320, or chapter 322. |
| 46 | Section 3. This act shall take effect June 30, 2009. |