REPORT TITLE:
Seat Belts Use


DESCRIPTION:
Increases fine from $20 to $45 for each violation of mandatory
seat belt use, by all passengers whether seated in back or front
seats.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 291-11.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended as follows:
 
 3      1.  By amending subsection (a) to read:
 
 4      "(a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, no person[:
 
 5      (1)  Shall] shall operate a motor vehicle upon any public
 
 6           highway unless the person is restrained by a seat belt
 
 7           assembly and any passengers [in the front seat of the
 
 8           motor vehicle] are [restrained by a seat belt assembly
 
 9           if between the ages of four and fifteen or are
 
10           restrained]:
 
11      (1)  Restrained pursuant to section 291-11.5 if under the
 
12           age of four; or
 
13      (2)  [If fifteen years of age or more shall be a passenger
 
14           in the front seat of a motor vehicle being operated
 
15           upon any public highway unless such person is
 
16           restrained] Restrained by a seat belt assembly[.] if
 
17           four years of age or older.
 
18      As used in this section "seat belt assembly" means the seat
 
19 belt assembly required to be in the motor vehicle under any
 

 
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 1 federal motor vehicle safety standard issued pursuant to Public
 
 2 Law 89-563, the federal National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety
 
 3 Act of 1966, as amended, unless original replacement seat belt
 
 4 assemblies are not readily available.  If replacement assemblies
 
 5 are not readily available, seat belts of federally approved
 
 6 materials with similar protective characteristics may be used.
 
 7 Such replacement seat belt assemblies shall be permanently marked
 
 8 by the belt manufacturer indicating compliance with all
 
 9 applicable federal standards."
 
10      2.  By amending subsection (e) to read:
 
11      "(e)  A person who fails to comply with the requirements of
 
12 this section shall be subject to a fine of [$20] $45 for each
 
13 violation."
 
14      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
15 New statutory material is underscored.
 
16      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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18                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________