SB 354 - FINAL VERSION
2/17/00 3379s
2000 SESSION
05/10
SENATE BILL 354
This bill exempts persons riding in vehicles participating in a parade from having to wear a seat belt, as long as the vehicle is not travelling any faster than 10 miles per hour.
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2/17/00 3379s
00-2666
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to an exemption from the seat belt law for passengers in motor vehicles in parades.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Exemption for Persons Participating in Parades. Amend RSA 265:107-a, II to read as follows:
II. A person shall not be guilty of a violation of this section if the motor vehicle the person is driving is regularly used to transport passengers for hire, is a school bus weighing more than 10,000 pounds or is a school bus weighing less than 10,000 pounds that was manufactured without safety belts, or there is an individual education plan statement contraindicating the use of restraints, is a vehicle manufactured before 1968, is a motorcycle as defined in RSA 259:63 [or], is an antique motor car or motorcycle as defined in RSA 259:4, or is being operated in a parade authorized by law or ordinance, provided that the parade vehicle is travelling at a speed of no more than 10 miles per hour.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.