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HB 1057 2024
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to liability on optional motor vehicle
3 equipment; creating s. 768.0429, F.S.; defining the
4 term "motor vehicle"; providing that there is no
5 obligation or duty to retrofit a motor vehicle with
6 component parts or equipment in certain circumstances;
7 providing that certain evidence is inadmissible in
8 civil litigation; providing applicability; providing
9 an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Section 768.0429, Florida Statutes, is created
14 to read:
15 768.0429 Duty of care and admissibility of evidence in
16 certain motor vehicle accidents.—
17 (1) For purposes of this section, the term "motor vehi cle"
18 means a self-propelled vehicle not operated upon rails or
19 guideway, but not including any bicycle, electric bicycle,
20 motorized scooter, electric personal assistive mobility device,
21 mobile carrier, personal delivery device, swamp buggy, or moped.
22 (2) In any civil action where a motor vehicle is involved
23 in an accident, there is no obligation or duty of care for an
24 owner, lessor, or operator of the motor vehicle, or for a person
25 renting the motor vehicle to another person, to retrofit the
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26 vehicle with component parts or optional equipment, or to have
27 selected component parts or optional equipment to be included on
28 the vehicle, if such parts or equipment were not required by the
29 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards under 49 C.F.R. part 571
30 applicable when the vehicle was manufactured or sold. Evidence
31 related to such an alleged obligation or duty is inadmissible.
32 (3) This section does not apply if the owner, lessor, or
33 operator of the motor vehicle, or the person renting the motor
34 vehicle to another person, fails to comply with a law or
35 regulation issued after the vehicle was manufactured or sold
36 requiring a mandatory recall or retrofit of the vehicle.
37 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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