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Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 6 by striking out all of paragraph C (page 1, lines 9 and 10 in L.D.) and inserting in its place the following:
 
‘C. A newspaper delivery person is not required to be secured in a seat belt while engaged in the actual delivery of newspapers from a vehicle or performing newspaper delivery duties that require frequent entry into and exit from a vehicle.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation, clarifies that a newspaper delivery person must be engaged in the actual delivery of newspapers from a vehicle or is performing newspaper delivery duties that require frequent entry into and exit from a vehicle to be exempt from the seat belt requirement in current law.
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