| | | shall ensure that the child is properly secured in a seat | | belt. |
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| | | B. The operator shall ensure that a child who is less than | | 18 years of age and at least 8 years of age or who is less | | than 18 years of age and more than 4 feet, 7 inches in | | height is properly secured in a seat belt. |
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| | | C. The operator shall ensure that a child who is less than | | 12 years of age and who weighs less than 100 pounds is | | properly secured in the rear seat of a vehicle, if possible. |
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| | | Sec. AAA-3. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§3-A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 450, | | §2, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 3-A. Other passengers 18 years of age and older; operators. | | When a person 18 years of age or older is a passenger in a | | vehicle that is required by the United States Department of | | Transportation to be equipped with seat belts, the passenger must | | be properly secured in a seat belt. Each such passenger is | | responsible for wearing a seat belt as required by this | | subsection, and a passenger that fails to wear a seat belt as | | required by this subsection is subject to the enforcement |
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| | | provisions of subsection 4. The operator of a vehicle that is | | required by the United States Department of Transportation to be | | equipped with seat belts must be secured in the operator's seat | | belt. Violation of this subsection is a traffic infraction for | | which a fine of $50 for the first offense, $125 for the 2nd | | offense and $250 for the 3rd and subsequent offenses must be | | imposed.__A fine imposed under this subsection may not be | | suspended by the court. |
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| | | Sec. AAA-4. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§4, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 585, | | §4 and affected by §6, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. AAA-5. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§4, ¶C, as amended by PL 2001, c. 585, | | §5 and affected by §6, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. AAA-6. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§4, ¶D, as amended by PL 2003, c. 380, | | §4 and affected by §5, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. AAA-7. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations | | and allocations are made. |
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| | | Medical Care - Payment to Providers |
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| | | Initiative: Restores funding that was deappropriated in Part B | | due to the primary enforcement of seat belt statutes. |
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