Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 422
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/20/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Altman) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1090 and 1091
    4  insert:
    5         Section 20. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
    6  316.613, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         316.613 Child restraint requirements.—
    8         (1)(a) Every operator of a motor vehicle as defined herein,
    9  while transporting a child in a motor vehicle operated on the
   10  roadways, streets, or highways of this state, shall, if the
   11  child is 5 years of age or younger, provide for protection of
   12  the child by properly using a crash-tested, federally approved
   13  child restraint device. For children aged through 3 years, such
   14  restraint device must be a separate carrier or a vehicle
   15  manufacturer’s integrated child seat. For children aged 4
   16  through 5 years, a separate carrier, an integrated child seat,
   17  or a child booster seat belt may be used.
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   19  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   20         And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete line 158
   22  and insert:
   23         amending s. 316.613, F.S.; clarifying provisions
   24         related to required child restraint devices; providing
   25         an effective date.
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