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An Act To Modify the Laws Regarding Seat Belts
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1997, c. 450, §4, is further amended to read:
 
6. Exceptions. Notwithstanding subsection 3-A:
 
A.  A rural mail carrier of the United States Postal Service is not required to be secured in a seat belt while engaged in the delivery of mail; and
 
B.  The operator of a taxicab or a limousine is not responsible for securing in a seat belt a passenger transported for a fee.; and
 
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.
 
Effective September 12, 2009