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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
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 as follows:
 
 4      "(a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, no person:
 
 5      (1)  Shall operate a motor vehicle upon any public highway
 
 6           unless the person is restrained by a seat belt assembly
 
 7           and any passengers [in the front seat] of the motor
 
 8           vehicle are restrained by a seat belt assembly if
 
 9           between the ages of four and fifteen or are restrained
 
10           pursuant to section 291-11.5 if under the age of four;
 
11      (2)  If fifteen years of age or more shall be a passenger in
 
12           [the front seat of] a motor vehicle being operated upon
 
13           any public highway unless such person is restrained by
 
14           a seat belt assembly.
 
15      As used in this section "seat belt assembly" means the seat
 
16 belt assembly required to be in the motor vehicle under any
 
17 federal motor vehicle safety standard issued pursuant to Public
 
18 Law 89-563, the federal National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety
 
19 Act of 1966, as amended, unless original replacement seat belt
 

 
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 1 assemblies are not readily available.  If replacement assemblies
 
 2 are not readily available, seat belts of federally approved
 
 3 materials with similar protective characteristics may be used.
 
 4 Such replacement seat belt assemblies shall be permanently marked
 
 5 by the belt manufacturer indicating compliance with all
 
 6 applicable federal standards."
 
 7      (2) By amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
 
 8      "(e) A person who fails to comply with the requirements of
 
 9 this section shall be subject to a fine of [$20] $50 for each
 
10 violation."
 
11      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
12 New statutory material is underscored.
 
13      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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15                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________
 

 
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