No driver of a motor vehicle, as defined in Title 16, Guam Code Annotated, §1102(s), shall be in violation of §§ 26101, 26102 or 26103 of this Chapter if:

(a) The motor vehicle being driven is participating in the annual Liberation Day parade, with said motor vehicle not exceeding a speed of ten miles per hour (10 mph);

(b) The inadequately restrained individual has a condition that prevents appropriate restraint by the seat belt assembly or child restraint system. Such a condition must be duly certified by a

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physician who shall state the nature of the condition, as well as the reason such restraint is inappropriate. For a physician’s statement to qualify under this Section, the physician giving the statement must state why use of a child restraint system or seat belt assembly by the person would be impractical or harmful to the person by reason of physical condition and medical issue. Such physician statement shall be in the possession of the individual;

(c) The inadequately restrained individual is a passenger of an emergency, passenger transport vehicle or taxicab. As used in this Section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Emergency vehicle means an on-duty official ambulance, official firefighting vehicle, official rescue vehicle, or official law enforcement vehicle;

(2) Passenger transport vehicle means any vehicle operated to carry passengers en masse with:

(A) gross vehicle weight rating of over ten thousand
(10,000) pounds;

(B) that is specified on the vehicle’s federal certification label by the manufacturer as any type of bus; or

(C) that is classified as a bus, or issued a bus license plate, by the Department of Revenue and Taxation;

(3) Taxicab means any vehicle being licensed, operated or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation or profit, with a gross vehicle rating under ten thousand (10,000) pounds.

(d) The vehicle being operated was manufactured before January
1, 1967.

SOURCE: § 26104 added by P.L. 18-45:1 (Dec. 10, 1986). Amended by P.L. 30-
033:5 (June 16, 2009), effective Jan. 1, 2010, pursuant to P.L. 30-033:9. Subsections
(c) and (d) amended by P.L. 30-122:1 (Apr. 1, 2010).