Bill Text: CT HB05161 | 2018 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Department Of Public Health's Recommendations Regarding Seat Belts.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-25 - Tabled for the Calendar, House [HB05161 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-HB05161-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Substitute Bill No. 5161
February Session, 2018		*_____HB05161TRA___042518____*

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SEAT BELTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 14-100a of the 2018 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):

(c) (1) The operator of and any [front seat] passenger in any motor vehicle or fire fighting apparatus originally equipped with seat safety belts complying with the provisions of 49 CFR 571.209, as amended from time to time, shall wear such seat safety belt while the vehicle is being operated on any highway, except as follows:

(A) A child under eight years of age shall be restrained as provided in subsection (d) of this section;

(B) The operator of such vehicle shall secure or cause to be secured in a seat safety belt any passenger eight years of age or older and under sixteen years of age; and

(C) [If the operator of such vehicle is under eighteen years of age, such operator and each passenger in such vehicle shall wear such seat safety belt while the vehicle is being operated on any highway.] As used in this subsection, "motor vehicle" does not include a bus having a tonnage rating of one ton or more, or a vehicle manufactured before January 1, 1968.

Sec. 2. Section 54-33m of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2018):

The failure of an operator of, or [front seat] passenger in, a private passenger motor vehicle or vanpool vehicle to wear a seat safety belt as required by section 14-100a shall not constitute probable cause for a law enforcement official to conduct a search of such vehicle and its contents.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2018	14-100a(c)(1)
Sec. 2	October 1, 2018	54-33m

PH	Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
TRA	Joint Favorable