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An Act To Make Failure To Wear a Seat Belt a Primary Offense
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§4, ¶E,  as amended by PL 1997, c. 450, §3 and affected by §5, is repealed.
 
SUMMARY
Current law prohibits the enforcement of the seat belt law unless the driver has been stopped for a violation of another law.
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.