CHAPTER 357

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
46.1-809.1, relating to safety belts or safety harnesses to be installed
in certain motor vehicles.

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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 numberec
46.1-309.1, as follows:

§ 46.1-309.1. (a) No motor vehicle, designed and licensed primarily
for private vehicular transportation on the public highways, and manu-
factured for the year nineteen hundred sixty-three or for subsequent
years, shall be approved on inspection of such motor vehicle under the
provisions of Article 10, Chapter 4 of this title, unless the front seats
thereof be equipped with 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.