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TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-6530, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERSONS WHO ARE NOT REQUIRED TO WEAR A SAFETY BELT WHILE TRAVELING IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ALONG A PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY, SO AS TO ADD NEWSPAPER CARRIERS TO THE LIST OF PERSONS WHO ARE NOT REQUIRED TO WEAR A SAFETY BELT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-6530 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 147 of 2005, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-5-6530. The provisions of this article do not apply to:
(1) a driver or occupant who possesses a written verification from a physician that he is unable to wear a safety belt for physical or medical reasons;
(2) medical or rescue personnel attending to injured or sick individuals in an emergency vehicle when operating in an emergency situation as well as the injured or sick individuals;
(3) school, church, or day care daycare buses;
(4) public transportation vehicles except taxis;
(5) occupants of vehicles in parades;
(6) United States mail carriers;
(7) an occupant for which no safety belt is available because all belts are being used by other occupants;
(8) a driver or occupants in a vehicle not originally equipped with safety belts. ; and
(9) newspaper carriers.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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