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S.B. 114

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SAFETY BELT AMENDMENTS

             2     
2013 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Luz Robles

             5     
House Sponsor: Lee B. Perry

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies the Traffic Code by amending provisions relating to safety belt
             10      restraint requirements.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    provides that a state or local law enforcement officer may only enforce the safety
             14      belt restraint requirement as a secondary action on a highway with a posted speed
             15      limit of less than 55 miles per hour; and
             16          .    makes technical changes.
             17      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             18          None
             19      Other Special Clauses:
             20          None
             21      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             22      AMENDS:
             23          41-6a-1803, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 160
             24     
             25      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             26          Section 1. Section 41-6a-1803 is amended to read:
             27           41-6a-1803. Driver and passengers -- Safety belt or child restraint device


             28      required.
             29          (1) (a) The operator of a motor vehicle operated on a highway shall:
             30          (i) wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt;
             31          (ii) provide for the protection of each person younger than eight years of age by using a
             32      child restraint device to restrain each person in the manner prescribed by the manufacturer of
             33      the device; and
             34          (iii) provide for the protection of each person from eight years of age [up] to 16 years
             35      of age by securing, or causing to be secured, a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt on
             36      each person.
             37          (b) Notwithstanding the requirement under Subsection (1)(a)(ii), a child under eight
             38      years of age who is 57 inches tall or taller:
             39          (i) is exempt from the requirement in Subsection (1)(a)(ii) to be in a child restraint
             40      device; and
             41          (ii) shall use a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt as required in Subsection
             42      (1)(a)(iii).
             43          (2) A passenger who is 16 years of age or older of a motor vehicle operated on a
             44      highway shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt.
             45          (3) If more than one person is not using a child restraint device or is not wearing a
             46      safety belt, in violation of Subsection (1), it is only one offense and the driver may receive only
             47      one citation.
             48          (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), a state or local law enforcement officer
             49      shall enforce a violation of this section as a primary offense.
             50          [(4)] (b) For a person 19 years of age or older who violates Subsection (1)(a)(i) or (2),
             51      enforcement by a state or local law enforcement officer shall be only as a secondary action
             52      [when] if the person:
             53          (i) has been detained for a suspected violation of Title 41, Motor Vehicles, other than
             54      Subsection (1)(a)(i) or (2), or for another offense[.]; and
             55          (ii) was operating the motor vehicle or was a passenger in a motor vehicle being
             56      operated on a highway with a posted speed limit of less than 55 miles per hour.





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