House Bill hb0067

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                  HB 67

        By Representatives Slosberg and Cantens






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Safety Belt Law;

  3         creating the "Dori Slosberg Act of 2001";

  4         amending s. 316.614, F.S.; providing that the

  5         number of passengers of a motor vehicle

  6         required to wear a safety belt shall not exceed

  7         the number of safety belts which were installed

  8         in the motor vehicle by the manufacturer;

  9         revising the Florida Safety Belt Law to

10         eliminate the requirement that the law be

11         enforced as a secondary action when a driver of

12         a motor vehicle has been detained for another

13         violation; providing restrictions on authority

14         to search based on a safety belt violation;

15         providing an effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  Short title.--This act may be cited as the

20  "Dori Slosberg Act of 2001."

21         Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) and

22  subsection (8) of section 316.614, Florida Statutes, are

23  amended to read:

24         316.614  Safety belt usage.--

25         (6)

26         (b)  The number of front seat passengers of a motor

27  vehicle pickup truck required to wear a safety belt pursuant

28  to this section shall not exceed the number of safety belts

29  which were installed in the motor vehicle front seat of such

30  pickup truck by the manufacturer.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                  HB 67

    797-101A-01






  1         (8)  Any person who violates the provisions of this

  2  section commits a nonmoving violation, punishable as provided

  3  in chapter 318. A law enforcement officer may not search or

  4  inspect a motor vehicle, its contents, the driver, or a

  5  passenger solely because of a violation of this section.

  6  However, except for violations of s. 316.613, enforcement of

  7  this section by state or local law enforcement agencies must

  8  be accomplished only as a secondary action when a driver of a

  9  motor vehicle has been detained for a suspected violation of

10  another section of this chapter, chapter 320, or chapter 322.

11         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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14                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Creates the "Dori Slosberg Act of 2001" to revise the
16    provisions of the Florida Safety Belt Law to provide that
      the number of passengers of a motor vehicle required to
17    wear a safety belt shall not exceed the number of safety
      belts which were installed in the motor vehicle by the
18    manufacturer and to remove the requirement that the law
      be enforced as a secondary action when the driver of a
19    motor vehicle has been detained for a suspected violation
      of chapter 316, 320, or 322, F.S. Provides restrictions
20    on the authority to search based upon a safety belt
      violation.
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