LD 189
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LD 189 Title Page An Act To Amend the Law Governing the Use of Seat Belts LD 189 Title Page
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LR 869
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§4, ķE, as amended by PL 1997, c. 450,
§3, is repealed.

 
SUMMARY

 
Current law prohibits the enforcement of the seat belt law
unless the driver has been stopped for a violation of a law
other than failing to wear a seat belt.

 
This bill repeals that prohibition, allowing a police
officer to detain and cite a vehicle operator or passenger 18
years of age or older solely for failing to wear a seat belt.


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