S.F. No. 0052 |
School bus seat belts. |
Sponsored By: Senator(s) Jennings and Representative(s) Wallis
AN ACT relating to school buses; requiring seat belts in school buses as specified; limiting liability; imposing duties upon the department of education; and providing for effective dates.
12/29/2008 Bill Number Assigned
1/13/2009 S Received for Introduction
1/13/2009 S Introduced and Referred to S04
1/19/2009 S04 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Coe, Decaria, Jennings, Massie and Von Flatern
Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/19/2009 S Placed on General File
SF0052SS001/ADOPTED
Page 1-line 9 Delete "31-5-1402(a)" insert "31-5-1402 by creating a new subsection (b) and by renumbering subsections (b) through (f) as (c) through (g)".
Page 3-lines 5 through 9 Delete.
Page 3-line 10 Delete through "highways."; before "Each" insert "(b)".
Page 3-After line 18 Insert and renumber:
"(b)(c) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:
(i) Any person who has a written statement from a physician that it is not advisable for the person to wear a safety belt for physical or medical reasons;
(ii) Any passenger vehicle which is not required to be equipped with safety belts under federal law;
(iii) A carrier of the United States postal service performing duties as a postal carrier;
(iv) Any person properly secured in a child safety restraint system in accordance with W.S. 31-5-1301 through 31-5-1305; or
(v) Any person occupying a seat in a vehicle in which all operable safety restraints are being used by the driver or passengers and any person occupying a seat in a vehicle originally manufactured without a safety belt.
(c)(d) No violation of this section shall:
(i) Be counted as a moving violation for the purpose of suspending a driver's license under W.S. 31-7-129;
(ii) Be grounds for increasing insurance premiums or made a part of the abstracts kept by the department pursuant to W.S. 31-5-1214.
(d)(e) No motor vehicle shall be halted solely for a violation
of this section.
(e)(f) All citations for violations of the motor vehicle laws
of this state and for violations of traffic ordinances or traffic regulations
of a local authority shall contain a notation by the issuing officer indicating
whether the driver and passengers complied with this section. Compliance with
this section shall entitle a licensee to a ten dollar ($10.00) reduction in the
fine otherwise imposed by any court having jurisdiction over the alleged
offense. The driver who violates this section may be issued a citation and may
be subject to a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Any
passenger who violates this section may be issued a citation and may be subject
to a fine of not more than ten dollars ($10.00).
(f)(g) Evidence of a person's failure to wear a safety belt
as required by this act shall not be admissible in any civil action.".
COE, CHAIRMAN
1/19/2009 S Passed CoW
SF0052S2001/ADOPTED
Page 2-line 24 After "action." insert "Evidence of a passenger's failure to wear a lap or seat belt as required by paragraph (b)(iv) of this section, or the failure of a school bus operator to require a passenger to wear a lap or seat belt as required under W.S. 31‑5‑1402(a), shall not be admissible for the purposes of W.S. 31‑5‑1402(a).". DECARIA
1/20/2009 S Passed 2nd Reading
1/21/2009 S Passed 3rd Reading
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Decaria, Dockstader, Esquibel, F., Hastert, Hines, Hunnicutt, Jennings, Johnson, Larson, Martin, Massie, Meier, Nicholas, Peterson, Schiffer, Sessions, Townsend and Von Flatern
Nays: Senator(s) Bebout, Geis, Landen, Perkins, Ross, Scott and Vasey
Ayes 23 Nays 7 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
1/26/2009 H Received for Introduction
2/5/2009 H Introduced and Referred to H04
2/19/2009 H04 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Representative(s) Brechtel, Connolly, Craft, Jaggi, Lubnau, McKim, McOmie and Teeters
Nays: Representative(s) Diercks
Ayes 8 Nays 1 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
2/19/2009 H Placed on General File; Did Not Consider in CoW