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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to liability on optional motor vehicle 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | equipment; creating s. 768.0429, F.S.; defining the 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | term "motor vehicle"; providing that there is no 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | obligation or duty to retrofit a motor vehicle with 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | component parts or equipment in certain circumstances; 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | providing that certain evidence is inadmissible in 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | civil litigation; providing applicability; providing 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | an effective date. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. Section 768.0429, Florida Statutes, is created 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | to read: 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 768.0429 Duty of care and admissibility of evidence in 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | certain motor vehicle accidents. — 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) For purposes of this section, the term "motor vehi cle" 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | means a self-propelled vehicle not operated upon rails or 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | guideway, but not including any bicycle, electric bicycle, 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | motorized scooter, electric personal assistive mobility device, 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | mobile carrier, personal delivery device, swamp buggy, or moped. 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) In any civil action where a motor vehicle is involved 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | in an accident, there is no obligation or duty of care for an 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | owner, lessor, or operator of the motor vehicle, or for a person 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | renting the motor vehicle to another person, to retrofit the 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | vehicle with component parts or optional equipment, or to have 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | selected component parts or optional equipment to be included on 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the vehicle, if such parts or equipment were not required by the 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards under 49 C.F.R. part 571 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | applicable when the vehicle was manufactured or sold. Evidence 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | related to such an alleged obligation or duty is inadmissible. 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (3) This section does not apply if the owner, lessor, or 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | operator of the motor vehicle, or the person renting the motor 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | vehicle to another p erson, fails to comply with a law or 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | regulation issued after the vehicle was manufactured or sold 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | requiring a mandatory recall or retrofit of the vehicle. 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 37 |
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