CHAPTER 36

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
46-812.1, imposing standards for the design and installation of auto-
mobile safety belts and harnesses, requiring approval of the Super-
tintendent of State Police of such belts and harnesses and installation
thereof and prohibiting the sale or offering for sale of such belts and
harnesses without such approval; and to amend and reenact § 46-816

to prescribe fee for approval certificate.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: .

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
46-312.1 and that § 46-316 of the Code be amended and reenacted, the
new and amended sections being as follows: ;

§ 46-312.1. (a) Any safety belt or safety harness installed in a vehi-
cle and large enough to accomodate an adult person shall be designed and
installed in such manner as to prevent or materially reduce movement of
ay anok person using the same in the event of collision or upset of the
vehicle.

(b) The Superintendent shall establish specifications or requirements
for approved type safety belts and safety harnesses, attachments and in-
stallation, in accordance with the provisions of this section, and such
specifications or requirements may be the same as those specifications or
requirements for safety belts or safety harnesses established by the Civil
Aeronautics Administration Technical Standard Orders or regulations
established by the Society of Automotive Engineers for Safety Belts and
Safety Harnesses.

(c) No person shall sell, offer or keep for sale any safety belt, safety
harness, or attachments thereto as referred to in paragraph (a) for use
in a vehicle, unless of a type which has been approved by the Super-
intendent.

§ 46-316. Any person who shall apply to the Superintendent for a
certificate of approval required by this chapter shall pay the fees herein
prescribed.

(1) The fee for approval and recordation of head lamps, horns or
warning devices, safety glass, signal devices and other devices required
by this title to be approved by the Superintendent and not provided for
elsewhere in this section shall be a sum not more than one hundred and
fifty dollars.

(2) The fee for approval and recordation of rear lamps, spotlamps
= aby other lighting devices shall be a sum not more than seventy-five

ollars.

(3) The fee for approval and recordation of mirrors or windshield
wipers shall be a sum of not more than fifty dollars.

(4) The fee for approval and recordation of brake testing and light
testing machines shall be a sum not more than one hundred dollars for
each type approved.

(5) The fee for approval and recordation of safety belts and safety
harnesses shall be a sum not more than fifty dollars.

Fees collected under this section shall be used by the Superintendent
in examining and testing devices to be approved and for maintaining and
publishing necessary records; and shall be in addition to the regular
appropriation made by law.