CHAPTER 334

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-809.1 of the Code of Virginia, relat-
ing to the use of seat belts. $270]

Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-309.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 46.1-809.1. (a) No motor vehicle, registered in this State designed
and licensed primarily for private passenger vehicular transportation on
the public highways, and manufactured for the year nineteen hundred
sixty-three or for subsequent years, shall be * operated on the highways of
this State unless the front seats thereof be equipped with adult safety belts
or safety harnesses of a type approved by the Superintendent.

(b) Failure to use such safety belts or harnesses after installation
shall not be deemed to be negligence.