REPORT TITLE:
Seat Belts; Use of


DESCRIPTION:
Requires mandatory use of seat belts for passengers in the back
seat of motor vehicles.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           774
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO SEAT BELTS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 291-11.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, no person:
 
 4      (1)  Shall operate a motor vehicle upon any public highway
 
 5           unless the person is restrained by a seat belt assembly
 
 6           and any passengers [in the front seat] of the motor
 
 7           vehicle are restrained by a seat belt assembly if
 
 8           between the ages of four and fifteen or are restrained
 
 9           pursuant to section 291-11.5 if under the age of four;
 
10      (2)  If fifteen years of age or more shall be a passenger in
 
11           [the front seat of] a motor vehicle being operated upon
 
12           any public highway unless such person is restrained by
 
13           a seat belt assembly.
 
14      As used in this section "seat belt assembly" means the seat
 
15 belt assembly required to be in the motor vehicle under any
 
16 federal motor vehicle safety standard issued pursuant to Public
 
17 Law 89-563, the federal National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety
 
18 Act of 1966, as amended, unless original replacement seat belt
 
19 assemblies are not readily available.  If replacement assemblies
 

 
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 1 are not readily available, seat belts of federally approved
 
 2 materials with similar protective characteristics may be used.
 
 3 Such replacement seat belt assemblies shall be permanently marked
 
 4 by the belt manufacturer indicating compliance with all
 
 5 applicable federal standards."
 
 6      SECTION 2.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that
 
 7 matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were
 
 8 begun, before its effective date.
 
 9      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed. 
 
10      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2000.
 
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