BIG-RIG-NEWS

Amends ORS 811.215, the statute outlining exemptions from safety belt requirements, to delete reference to privately owned commercial vehicles used to transport property so that operators and passengers in those property-carrying vehicles would be required to use seat belts. Also deletes a provision in the statute specifying that the exemptions from safety belt requirements do not apply to vehicles commonly known as pickup trucks that have a combined weight of less than 10,000 pounds. With the first amendment, those vehicles are included among those subject to the requirements.

January 12 - Referred to House Transportation Committee.

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