PRINTER'S NO. 1580
No. 1359 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO, D. W. SNYDER, TELEK, VEON,
J. L. WRIGHT, GEIST, BOYES, JOHNSON, CORRIGAN, ADOLPH AND
BUNT, MAY 1, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 1, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for restraint systems in the rear
3 seats of motor vehicles.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 4537. Rear seat restraint system.
9 Beginning with the model year 1991, all new passenger cars
10 sold in this Commonwealth on or after January 1, 1991, shall be
11 equipped with a rear-seat safety seat belt system which provides
12 upper torso restraint and is either a Type 2 or Type 2(a) safety
13 belt system as specified in 49 CFR 571.209 (relating to Standard
14 No. 209; seat belt assemblies).
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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