Bill Text: MS SB2416 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Seat belts; repeal requirement at 18 years of age.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [SB2416 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-SB2416-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Jolly
Senate Bill 2416
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-2-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REPEAL THE SEAT BELT REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE 18 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER; 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 * * * and front-seat passenger under
eighteen (18) years of age, 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 that are not autocycles as defined in Section 63-3-103, 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 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; or
(d) Buses.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.
