S.B. 147

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VEHICLE AIR BAG AMENDMENTS
2 1997 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: George Mantes
5 AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING PROVISIONS RELATING TO
6 THE MANDATORY REPAIR OF DAMAGED OR DEPLOYED AIRBAGS; CREATING
7 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS; AND MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
8 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
9 AMENDS:
10 41-6-145.5, as enacted by Chapter 251, Laws of Utah 1996
11 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
12 Section 1. Section 41-6-145.5 is amended to read:
13 41-6-145.5. Failure to repair a damaged or deployed airbag -- Penalty.
14 (1) As used in this section, "person" includes the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle, a
15 body shop, dealer, remanufacturer, salvage rebuilder, vehicle service maintenance facility, or any
16 entity or individual engaged in the repair or replacement of motor vehicles or airbag passive
17 restraint systems.
18 (2) [In the course of repairing a motor vehicle, a] Except as provided under Subsection (3),
19 a person who has actual knowledge that a motor vehicle's airbag passive restraint system [has
20 been] is damaged or has been deployed may not fail or cause another person to fail to fully restore,
21 arm, and return to original operating condition, the motor vehicle's airbag passive restraint system.
22 (3) In the course of repairing a motor vehicle, a person who has actual knowledge that the
23 motor vehicle's airbag passive restraint system is damaged or has been deployed shall notify the
24 owner or lessee of the vehicle, in writing, that the failure to repair and fully restore the motor
25 vehicle's airbag passive restraint system is a class B misdemeanor.
26 [(3)] (4) A person may not remove or modify a motor vehicle's passive restraint system
27 with the intent of rendering the motor vehicle's passive restraint system inoperable.

1 [(4)] (5) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-10-97 12:07 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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