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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321.435 BICYCLE HELMETS.
1 2 1. a. A person under sixteen years of age shall not
1 3 operate, or ride upon a bicycle as a passenger, unless that
1 4 person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicycle
1 5 helmet which meets the standards of the American National
1 6 Standards Institute (ANSI Z90.4 bicycle helmet standard) or
1 7 the Snell Memorial Foundation's 1984 Standard for Protective
1 8 Headgear for Use in Bicycling. This section also applies to a
1 9 person who rides upon a bicycle while in a restraining seat
1 10 which is attached to the bicycle or in a trailer towed by the
1 11 bicycle.
1 12 b. The director shall publish a list of bicycle helmets
1 13 which meet the standards described in paragraph "a" of this
1 14 subsection and shall provide for their distribution in as many
1 15 locations frequented by the public as the director deems
1 16 appropriate and practicable.
1 17 c. A helmet shall be worn, in accordance with this
1 18 subsection, at all times while a bicycle is being operated.
1 19 2. a. A person who violates a requirement of this section
1 20 shall be warned of the violation by the law enforcement
1 21 official. The parent or legal guardian of that person may be
1 22 subject to a scheduled fine under section 805.8, subsection 2,
1 23 paragraph "z" of ten dollars for the person's first offense
1 24 and twenty dollars for a subsequent offense if it can be shown
1 25 that the parent or guardian failed to exercise reasonable
1 26 supervision or control over the person's conduct.
1 27 b. A bicycle safety fund shall be created in the state
1 28 treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department of
1 29 public health. All money collected as fines under paragraph
1 30 "a" shall be deposited in the bicycle safety fund. Interest
1 31 earned on money deposited in the fund shall accrue to the
1 32 fund. Money in the fund shall be used to provide bicycle
1 33 safety education programs and to assist low-income families in
1 34 purchasing approved bicycle helmets.
1 35 3. A person regularly engaged in the business of renting
2 1 bicycles shall provide bicycle helmets for use in accordance
2 2 with subsection 1.
2 3 Sec. 2. Section 805.8, subsection 2, Code 1995, is amended
2 4 by adding the following new paragraph:
2 5 NEW PARAGRAPH. z. For a bicycle helmet violation under
2 6 section 321.435, the scheduled fine is ten dollars for the
2 7 first violation and twenty dollars for a subsequent violation.
2 8 Notwithstanding sections 602.8106 and 602.8108, all moneys
2 9 collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in the
2 10 bicycle safety fund created under section 321.435.
2 11 Sec. 3. This Act takes effect August 1, 1995.
2 12 EXPLANATION
2 13 New section 321.435 is created in this bill. The section
2 14 requires persons under 16 years of age who are operating or
2 15 riding upon a bicycle to wear protective headgear.
2 16 The bill provides for a warning to be issued to a violator.
2 17 The parent or legal guardian of a violator may be subject to a
2 18 fine of $10 for a first offense and $20 for a subsequent
2 19 offense if it can be shown that the parent or guardian failed
2 20 to exercise reasonable supervision or control over the
2 21 person's conduct.
2 22 A bicycle safety fund is created with moneys in the fund
2 23 appropriated to the department of public health to provide
2 24 bicycle safety education programs and to assist low-income
2 25 families to purchase helmets. Any moneys collected for a
2 26 violation of this bill are deposited in the bicycle safety
2 27 fund.
2 28 The bill requires the director of transportation to publish
2 29 a list of approved bicycle helmets and requires a person who
2 30 rents bicycles to provide approved helmets.
2 31 LSB 1849SV 76
2 32 js/sc/14
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