Bill Text: MN SF1124 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Child passenger restraint systems provisions modifications
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-07 - Referred to Transportation [SF1124 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1124-Introduced.html
1.2relating to public safety; modifying provisions relating to child passenger restraint
1.3systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.685, subdivision 6.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.685, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 6. Exceptions. (a) This section does not apply to:
1.7(1) a person transporting a child in an emergency medical vehicle while in the
1.8performance of official duties and when the physical or medical needs of the child make
1.9the use of a child passenger restraint system unreasonable or when a child passenger
1.10restraint system is not available;
1.11(2) a peace officer transporting a child while in the performance of official duties
1.12and when a child passenger restraint system is not available, provided that a seat belt
1.13must be substituted;
1.14(3) a person while operating a motor vehicle for hire, including a taxi, airport
1.15limousine, and bus, but excluding a rented, leased, or borrowed motor vehicle; and
1.16(4) a person while operating a school bus; and that has a gross vehicle weight rating
1.17of greater than 10,000 pounds.
1.18(5) a person while operating a type III vehicle described in section
169.011,
1.19subdivision 71, paragraph (h), if the vehicle meets the seating and crash protection
1.20requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 222, Code of Federal Regulations,
1.21title 49, part 571.
1.22(b) A child passenger restraint system is not required for a child who cannot, in the
1.23judgment of a licensed physician, be safely transported in a child passenger restraint
1.24system because of a medical condition, body size, or physical disability. A motor vehicle
2.1operator claiming exemption for a child under this paragraph must possess a typewritten
2.2statement from the physician stating that the child cannot be safely transported in a child
2.3passenger restraint system. The statement must give the name and birth date of the child,
2.4be dated within the previous six months, and be made on the physician's letterhead or
2.5contain the physician's name, address, and telephone number. A person charged with
2.6violating subdivision 5 may not be convicted if the person produces the physician's
2.7statement in court or in the office of the arresting officer.
2.8(c) A person offering a motor vehicle for rent or lease shall provide a child passenger
2.9restraint device to a customer renting or leasing the motor vehicle who requests the device.
2.10A reasonable rent or fee may be charged for use of the child passenger restraint device.
1.3systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.685, subdivision 6.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 169.685, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 6. Exceptions. (a) This section does not apply to:
1.7(1) a person transporting a child in an emergency medical vehicle while in the
1.8performance of official duties and when the physical or medical needs of the child make
1.9the use of a child passenger restraint system unreasonable or when a child passenger
1.10restraint system is not available;
1.11(2) a peace officer transporting a child while in the performance of official duties
1.12and when a child passenger restraint system is not available, provided that a seat belt
1.13must be substituted;
1.14(3) a person while operating a motor vehicle for hire, including a taxi, airport
1.15limousine, and bus, but excluding a rented, leased, or borrowed motor vehicle; and
1.16(4) a person while operating a school bus
1.17of greater than 10,000 pounds.
1.18
1.19
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1.22(b) A child passenger restraint system is not required for a child who cannot, in the
1.23judgment of a licensed physician, be safely transported in a child passenger restraint
1.24system because of a medical condition, body size, or physical disability. A motor vehicle
2.1operator claiming exemption for a child under this paragraph must possess a typewritten
2.2statement from the physician stating that the child cannot be safely transported in a child
2.3passenger restraint system. The statement must give the name and birth date of the child,
2.4be dated within the previous six months, and be made on the physician's letterhead or
2.5contain the physician's name, address, and telephone number. A person charged with
2.6violating subdivision 5 may not be convicted if the person produces the physician's
2.7statement in court or in the office of the arresting officer.
2.8(c) A person offering a motor vehicle for rent or lease shall provide a child passenger
2.9restraint device to a customer renting or leasing the motor vehicle who requests the device.
2.10A reasonable rent or fee may be charged for use of the child passenger restraint device.
