S.B. 147 Enrolled

VEHICLE AIR BAG AMENDMENTS
1997 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: George Mantes
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING PROVISIONS RELATING TO
THE MANDATORY REPAIR OF DAMAGED OR DEPLOYED AIRBAGS;
CREATING NOTICE REQUIREMENTS; AND MAKING TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
41-6-145.5, as enacted by Chapter 251, Laws of Utah 1996
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 41-6-145.5 is amended to read:
41-6-145.5. Failure to repair a damaged or deployed airbag -- Penalty.
(1) As used in this section, "person" includes the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle, a
body shop, dealer, remanufacturer, salvage rebuilder, vehicle service maintenance facility, or any
entity or individual engaged in the repair or replacement of motor vehicles or airbag passive
restraint systems.
(2) [In the course of repairing a motor vehicle, a] Except as provided under Subsection (3),
a person who has actual knowledge that a motor vehicle's airbag passive restraint system [has
been] is damaged or has been deployed may not fail or cause another person to fail to fully restore,
arm, and return to original operating condition, the motor vehicle's airbag passive restraint system.
(3) In the course of repairing a motor vehicle, a person who has actual knowledge that the
motor vehicle's airbag passive restraint system is damaged or has been deployed shall notify the
owner or lessee of the vehicle, in writing, that the failure to repair and fully restore the motor
vehicle's airbag passive restraint system is a class B misdemeanor.
[(3)] (4) A person may not remove or modify a motor vehicle's passive restraint system
with the intent of rendering the motor vehicle's passive restraint system inoperable.
[(4)] (5) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

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