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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 472
Introduced by Geist, 25.
Read first time January 17, 2023
Committee: Judiciary
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to civil actions; to amend section 60-6,273,
2 Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska; to change provisions relating
3 to admissibility of evidence of use of an occupant protection system
4 or a three-point safety belt system; and to repeal the original
5 section.
6 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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1 Section 1. Section 60-6,273, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska,
2 is amended to read:
3 60-6,273 Evidence that a person was not wearing an occupant
4 protection system or a three-point safety belt system at the time he or
5 she was injured is shall not be admissible in any civil proceeding in
6 regard to the issue of liability or proximate cause and but may be
7 admissible as evidence concerning mitigation of damages, except that it
8 shall not reduce recovery for damages by more than five percent.
9 Sec. 2. Original section 60-6,273, Reissue Revised Statutes of
10 Nebraska, is repealed.
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