1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to traffic regulations; amending exceptions from seat belt requirements 
1.3 	related to recycling and solid waste collection vehicles;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2016, section 169.686, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 169.686, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Seat belt exemptions. This section ~~shall~~ does not apply to:
1.8 	(1) a person driving a passenger vehicle in reverse;
1.9 	(2) a person riding in a vehicle in which all the seating positions equipped with safety 
1.10 	belts are occupied by other persons in safety belts;
1.11 	(3) a person who is in possession of a written certificate from a licensed physician 
1.12 	verifying that because of medical unfitness or physical disability the person is unable to 
1.13 	wear a seat belt;
1.14 	(4) a person who is actually engaged in work that requires the person to alight from and 
1.15 	reenter a motor vehicle at frequent intervals and who, while engaged in that work, does not 
1.16 	drive or travel in that vehicle at a speed exceeding 25 miles per hour;
1.17 	(5) a person driving or riding in a recycling vehicle or a municipal solid waste collection 
1.18 	vehicle if (i) the person is actually engaged in recycling or solid waste collection duties, (ii) 
1.19 	the person does not drive or travel at a speed exceeding 25 miles per hour while engaged 
1.20 	in collection duties, and (iii) the vehicle is designed and used exclusively to collect mixed 
1.21 	municipal solid waste or recycling;
2.1 	(6) a rural mail carrier of the United States Postal Service or a newspaper delivery person 
2.2 	while in the performance of duties;
2.3 	~~(6)~~ (7) a person driving or riding in a passenger vehicle manufactured before January 
2.4 	1, 1965; and
2.5 	~~(7)~~ (8) a person driving or riding in a pickup truck while engaged in normal farming 
2.6 	work or activity.