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Title 27 Transportation

Subtitle 3. Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment

Chapter 37 Equipment Regulations

Subchapter 7 - Mandatory Seat Belt Use

27-37-701. Definitions.

27-37-702. Seat belt use required - Applicability of subchapter.

27-37-703. Effect of noncompliance.

27-37-704. Inspection for compliance.

27-37-705. Reduction of fine.

27-37-706. Penalties - Court costs.

27-37-707. Traffic violation report.

A.C.R.C. Notes. Acts 1991, No. 562, § 9, provided:

“This act is supplemental and cumulative to the Child Passenger Protection Act.”

References to “this chapter” in subchapters 1-6 may not apply to this subchapter which was enacted subsequently.

Effective Dates. Acts 2003, No. 1776, § 4: Apr. 22, 2003. Emergency clause provided: “It is found and determined by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that present law is unclear as to whether seatbelts and safety restraint systems must be properly secured to vehicles; that this law cures that ambiguity; and until this act goes into effect, the safety of children and disabled people riding in motor vehicles may be compromised. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist and this act being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety shall become effective on: (1) The date of its approval by the Governor; (2) If the bill is neither approved nor vetoed by the Governor, the expiration of the period of time during which the Governor may veto the bill; or (3) If the bill is vetoed by the Governor and the veto is overridden, the date the last house overrides the veto.”

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