STATEMENT TO

 

[First Reprint]

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE, Nos. 537 and 475

 

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Assemblyman KELLY)

 

ADOPTED: OCTOBER 21, 1996

 

 

      These Assembly amendments revise the provisions of the Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 537 and 475 to require that all roller skaters and skateboarders under the age of 14 wear safety helmets when operating their roller skates and skateboards on any property open to the public or used by the public for roller skating or skateboarding. In its current form, the Senate committee would have applied to all roller skaters and skateboarders under the age of 18.

      The amendments also remove those provisions of the Senate committee substitute that would have applied to bicycle riders on public roadways. Those provisions would have required all such bicycle riders under the age of 18 to wear approved safety helmets.