Riding in pickup trucks.

WORKING DRAFT
2006
STATE OF
WYOMING
06LSO-0230

SENATE FILE
NO.
SF0025

Riding in pick
up trucks.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Geis

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; prohibiting allowing minors to ride in the bed of a truck; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 31
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5
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125 is created to read:

31
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125.

Riding in truck beds.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person operating a
pickup truck motor
vehicle shall permit a passenger less than eighteen (18) years of age to ride in the bed of
that
pickup truck on a public street or highway.

(b)

Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to the operator of any of the following:

(i)

A motor vehicle operated as part of a parade pursuant to a permit issued by the local authority with jurisdiction over the street or highway;

(ii)

A military motor vehicle;

(iii)

An authorized emergency vehicle;

(iv)

A motor vehicle controlled or operated by an employer or an employee of a farm operation, construction business or similar enterprise during the course of work activities;

(v)

A motor vehicle used to transport a search and rescue team to and from the site of an emergency.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2006.

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