Bill Text: MS SB2080 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Seat-belts; revise exemptions to cover mechanics.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [SB2080 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2080-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Wilemon
Senate Bill 2080
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-2-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE REQUIREMENT TO WEAR A SEAT BELT IN A MOVING VEHICLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 63-2-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
63-2-1. (1) When a passenger motor vehicle is operated in forward motion on a public road, street or highway within this state, every operator, every front-seat passenger and every child under seven (7) years of age who is not required to be protected by the use of a child-passenger-restraint device or system or a belt-positioning-booster-seat system under the provisions of Sections 63-7-301 through 63-7-311, regardless of the seat that the child occupies, shall wear a properly fastened safety-seat-belt system, required to be installed in the vehicle when manufactured pursuant to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208.
(2) "Passenger motor vehicle" for purposes of this chapter means a motor vehicle designed to carry fifteen (15) or fewer passengers, including the driver, but does not include motorcycles, mopeds, all-terrain vehicles or trailers.
(3) This section shall not apply to:
(a) Vehicles which may be registered for "farm" use, including "implements of husbandry" as defined in Section 63-21-5(d), and "farm tractors" as defined in Section 63-3-105(a);
(b) An operator or passenger possessing a written verification from a licensed physician that he is unable to wear a safety-seat-belt system for medical reasons;
(c) A passenger car operated by a rural letter carrier of the United States Postal Service or by a utility meter reader while on duty; * * *
(d) Buses; or
(e) A licensed mechanic driving a vehicle not owned by the mechanic during the time in which the mechanic is working on or test driving the vehicle.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.