Virginia HB 9: Safety restraints; all occupants of motor vehicles required to utilize.

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HOUSE BILL NO. 9 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled November 20, 2017 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 46.2-1094 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to safety restraint use in motor vehicles. 
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Patron-- Krizek 

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Referred to Committee on Transportation 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 46.2-1094 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 46.2-1094. Occupants of motor vehicles required to use 
 safety lap belts and shoulder harnesses; penalty.

A. Any driver, and any 
 other person at least 18 years of age and occupying the front seat, Every occupant of a motor 
 vehicle equipped or required by the provisions of this title to be equipped 
 with a safety belt system, consisting of lap belts, shoulder harnesses, 
 combinations thereof or similar devices, shall wear the appropriate safety belt 
 system at all times while the motor vehicle is in motion on any public highway. 
 A passenger under the age of 18 years, however, shall be protected as required 
 by the provisions of Article 13 (� 46.2-1095 et seq.) of this 
 chapter.

B. This section shall not apply to:

1. Any person for whom a licensed physician determines that 
 the use of such safety belt system would be impractical by reason of such 
 person's physical condition or other medical reason, provided the person so 
 exempted carries on his person or in the vehicle a signed written statement of 
 the physician identifying the exempted person and stating the grounds for the 
 exemption; or

2. Any law-enforcement officer transporting persons in custody 
 or traveling in circumstances which render the wearing of such safety belt 
 system impractical; or

3. Any person while driving a motor vehicle and performing the 
 duties of a rural mail carrier for the United States Postal Service; or

4. Any person driving a motor vehicle and performing the 
 duties of a rural newspaper route carrier, newspaper bundle hauler or newspaper 
 rack carrier; or

5. Drivers of and passengers in taxicabs; or

6. Personnel of commercial or municipal vehicles while 
 actually engaged in the collection or delivery of goods or services, including 
 but not limited to solid waste, where such collection or delivery requires the 
 personnel to exit and enter the cab of the vehicle with such frequency and 
 regularity so as to render the use of safety belt systems impractical and the 
 safety benefits derived therefrom insignificant. Such personnel shall resume 
 the use of safety belt systems when actual collection or delivery has ceased or 
 when the vehicle is in transit to or from a point of final disposition or 
 disposal, including but not limited to solid waste facilities, terminals, or 
 other location where th