Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (589602) for CS for SB 1458
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/22/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Sobel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 598 - 614
    4  and insert:
    5         (c) It is unlawful for the operator of a pickup truck or
    6  flatbed truck to permit a minor child who has not attained 6
    7  years of age to ride within the open body of a pickup truck or
    8  flatbed truck unless the minor is restrained within the open
    9  body in the back of a truck that has been modified to include
   10  secure seating and safety restraints to prevent the minor from
   11  being thrown, falling, or jumping from the truck. This paragraph
   12  does not apply in a medical emergency if the child is
   13  accompanied within the truck by an adult, upon an unpaved road,
   14  or upon a street or highway with a posted speed limit of less
   15  than 55 miles per hour which is maintained by the state, county,
   16  or municipality. A county is exempt from this paragraph if the
   17  governing body of the county, by majority vote, following a
   18  noticed public hearing, votes to exempt the county from this
   19  paragraph. An operator of a pickup truck is exempt from this
   20  paragraph if the pickup truck is the only vehicle owned by the
   21  operator of his or her immediate family.