Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1148
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/05/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Infrastructure and Security (Brandes)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 54 - 73
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
    6  316.2065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         316.2065 Bicycle regulations.—
    8         (3)
    9         (d) A bicycle rider or passenger who is under 16 years of
   10  age must wear a bicycle helmet that is properly fitted and is
   11  fastened securely upon the passenger’s head by a strap and that
   12  meets the federal safety standard for bicycle helmets, final
   13  rule, 16 C.F.R. part 1203. A helmet purchased before October 1,
   14  2012, which meets the standards of the American National
   15  Standards Institute (ANSI Z 90.4 Bicycle Helmet Standards), the
   16  standards of the Snell Memorial Foundation (1984 Standard for
   17  Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling), or any other
   18  nationally recognized standards for bicycle helmets adopted by
   19  the department may continue to be worn by a bicycle rider or
   20  passenger until January 1, 2016. As used in this subsection, the
   21  term “passenger” includes a child who is riding in a trailer or
   22  semitrailer attached to a bicycle.
   23         Section 2. Present subsections (22) through (104) of
   24  section 316.003, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
   25  subsections (23) through (105), respectively, a new subsection
   26  (22) is added to that section, and subsection (4) and present
   27  subsections (41), (43), (44), (45), and (61) of that section are
   28  amended to read:
   29         316.003 Definitions.—The following words and phrases, when
   30  used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively
   31  ascribed to them in this section, except where the context
   32  otherwise requires:
   33         (4) BICYCLE.—Every vehicle propelled solely by human power,
   34  and every motorized bicycle propelled by a combination of human
   35  power and an electric helper motor capable of propelling the
   36  vehicle at a speed of not more than 20 miles per hour on level
   37  ground upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels,
   38  and including any device generally recognized as a bicycle
   39  though equipped with two front or two rear wheels. The term does
   40  not include such a vehicle with a seat height of no more than 25
   41  inches from the ground when the seat is adjusted to its highest
   42  position or a scooter or similar device. A person under the age
   43  
   44  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   45  And the title is amended as follows:
   46         Between lines 4 and 5
   47  insert:
   48         316.2065, F.S.; deleting obsolete language; amending
   49         s.