| 1 | Representative Gannon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 260 and 261, insert: |
| 5 | Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
| 6 | 316.614, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 316.614 Safety belt usage.-- |
| 8 | (3) As used in this section: |
| 9 | (a) "Motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined in s. |
| 10 | 316.003 that is operated on the roadways, streets, and highways |
| 11 | of this state. The term does not include: |
| 12 | 1. A school bus. |
| 13 | 2. A bus used for the transportation of persons for |
| 14 | compensation other than a migrant farm worker carrier as defined |
| 15 | in s. 316.003(62). |
| 16 | 3. A farm tractor or implement of husbandry. |
| 17 | 4. A truck of a net weight of more than 5,000 pounds not |
| 18 | designed primarily for the purpose of carrying passengers. |
| 19 | 5. A motorcycle, moped, or bicycle. |
| 20 | Section 5. Section 316.621, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 21 | to read: |
| 22 | 316.321 Passenger restrictions.-- |
| 23 | (1) No motor vehicle originally designed by its |
| 24 | manufacturer to carry 15 passengers, including the driver, shall |
| 25 | be operated while carrying more passengers than the motor |
| 26 | vehicle was designed to carry or more passengers than it was |
| 27 | later modified to carry, including the driver. A violation of |
| 28 | this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as |
| 29 | a moving violation by a fine of $2500, in addition to applicable |
| 30 | fines and penalties as provided in chapter 318. |
| 31 | (2) This section does not apply if a motor vehicle |
| 32 | originally designed by its manufacturer to carry 15 passengers, |
| 33 | including the driver, is operated while carrying more passengers |
| 34 | than the motor vehicle was originally designed or later modified |
| 35 | to carry when the additional passenger or passengers are being |
| 36 | transported in response to a declared emergency situation or an |
| 37 | immediate emergency involving the additional passenger or |
| 38 | passengers. |
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| 42 | Remove line(s) 17 and insert: |
| 43 | to career service to changes made by the act; amending s. |
| 44 | 316.614, F.S.; revising exceptions to the Florida Safety Belt |
| 45 | Law; creating s. 316.321, F.S.; prohibiting the operation of |
| 46 | certain motor vehicles while carrying more passengers than the |
| 47 | vehicle was designed or modified to carry; providing penalties; |
| 48 | providing exceptions; amending s. |