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OH SB77
Bill
Status
2/16/2011
Primary Sponsor
Edna Brown
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AI Summary
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Requires persons under 18 years of age operating bicycles on roadways to wear approved helmets that fit properly and are securely fastened on the head.
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Requires persons under 18 years of age who are passengers on bicycles (including in restraining seats or trailers) on roadways to wear approved helmets that fit properly and are securely fastened.
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Establishes a $25 fine for violations, with courts authorized to waive the fine if the offender obtains an approved helmet; parents or guardians are responsible for paying any fine imposed.
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Creates the Bicycle Safety Fund in the state treasury, funded by collected fines, to be administered by the Department of Public Safety to assist low-income families (as defined by federal poverty guidelines) in purchasing approved bicycle helmets.
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Provides a one-year grace period from the effective date during which law enforcement shall issue written warnings instead of citations for violations.
Legislative Description
To require bicycle operators and passengers under 18 years of age to wear protective helmets when the bicycle is operated on a roadway and to establish the Bicycle Safety Fund to be used by the Department of Public Safety to assist low-income families in the purchase of bicycle helmets.
Bicyclists & passengers-wear helmets
Last Action
To Highways & Transportation
2/16/2011