0001| HOUSE BILL 159 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| LISA L. LUTZ | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES; REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF SEAT BELT | 0012| USE; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE SAFETY BELT USE ACT. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. Section 66-7-373 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985, | 0016| Chapter 131, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read: | 0017| "66-7-373. ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS.-- | 0018| A. Failure to be secured by a child passenger | 0019| restraint device or by a safety belt as required by the Safety | 0020| Belt Use Act shall not in any instance constitute fault or | 0021| negligence and shall not limit or apportion damages. | 0022| B. The traffic safety bureau of the state highway | 0023| and transportation department, in cooperation with the state | 0024| department of public education and the department of health, | 0025| shall, to the extent that funding allows, provide education to | 0001| encourage compliance with the use of restraint devices in | 0002| reducing the risk of harm to their users as well as to others. | 0003| C. The traffic safety bureau of the state highway | 0004| and transportation department shall evaluate the effectiveness | 0005| of the Safety Belt Use Act and shall include a report of its | 0006| findings in the annual evaluation report on its highway safety | 0007| plan that it submits to the national highway traffic safety | 0008| administration and the federal highway administration under 23 | 0009| U.S.C. 402. | 0010| D. The provisions of the Safety Belt Use Act shall | 0011| be enforced [whether or not associated with the enforcement of | 0012| any other statute] only in association with the enforcement | 0013| of another statute." | 0014| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0015| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997. | 0016| - 2 - | 0017| | 0018| State of New Mexico | 0019| House of Representatives | 0020| | 0021| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0022| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| February 11, 1997 | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| Mr. Speaker: | 0004| | 0005| Your GOVERNMENT AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to | 0006| whom has been referred | 0007| | 0008| HOUSE BILL 159 | 0009| | 0010| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0011| recommendation that it DO NOT PASS, amended as follows: | 0012| | 0013| 1. On page 2, strike lines 10 through 13 in their | 0014| entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new | 0015| subsections: | 0016| | 0017| "D. Except as provided in Subsection E of this | 0018| section, the provisions of the Safety Belt Use Act shall be | 0019| enforced whether or not associated with the enforcement of any | 0020| other stature. | 0021| | 0022| E. The provisions of the Safety Belt Use Act shall | 0023| be enforced only in association with the enforcement of another | 0024| statute when all the occupants of a motor vehicle are eighteen | 0025| years or age or older.""., | 0001| | 0002| and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. | 0003| | 0004| Respectfully submitted, | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| Lynda M. Lovejoy, Chairwoman | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Adopted Not Adopted | 0014| | 0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0016| | 0017| Date | 0018| | 0019| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0020| Yes: 8 | 0021| Excused: None | 0022| Absent: None | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| .1155888.1 | 0001| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0159 |