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An Act Relative to Motor Vehicles and Floats Operated in Parades
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 subsectionsubsections 2, 3 and 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 person operating a vehicle or float in a parade is not responsible for securing in a seat belt a passenger who is being transported as part of the parade, as long as the vehicle or float is traveling at a speed of no more than 10 miles per hour and, if a float, the float is equipped with a continuous railing enclosing the perimeter of the platform, 3 feet or more in height and enclosed in a way that would reasonably prevent passage of a child.
 
SUMMARY
This bill exempts a person operating a vehicle or a float in a parade from the obligation to secure passengers in seat belts.