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UTAH STATE SENATE
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035

        February 6, 2013

Mr. President:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 114, SAFETY BELT AMENDMENTS, by Senator L. Robles, with the following amendments:

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             15      limit of less than 55 miles per hour;

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  . provides that a state or local law enforcement officer may not issue a citation to a person 19 years of age or older who has been detained for the first time for a safety belt violation that is enforced as a primary offense but shall issue the person a warning informing the person that wearing a safety belt while operating or a passenger in a motor vehicle is enforced as a primary offense on a highway with a posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour or more; and      


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             56      operated on a highway with a posted speed limit of less than 55 miles per hour.
    
  (c) A state or local law enforcement officer may not issue a citation to a person 19 years of age or older who has been detained for the first time for a violation of Subsection (1)(a)(i) or (2) that is enforced as a primary offense but shall issue the person a warning informing the person that wearing a safety belt in a

motor vehicle is enforced as a primary offense on a highway with a posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour or more.      



        Respectfully,

        Evan J. Vickers
        Committee Chair

Voting: 3-2-0
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