SB73 Summary

• Expands existing seat belt requirements by requiring all occupants of passenger cars manufactured with safety belts to have a safety belt fastened while the vehicle is in motion, not just front seat occupants.

• Exempts children under 15 who are subject to child passenger restraint system requirements under Section 32-5-222, occupants with medical exemptions from licensed physicians, rural postal carriers, newspaper/mail delivery personnel, passengers in pre-1965 vehicles, and passengers in vehicles that normally operate in reverse.

• Named the Roderic Deshaun Scott Seat Belt Safety Act.

• Classified as defining a new crime, thereby exempting it from constitutional requirements regarding local government expenditures under Amendment 621.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and Governor approval.