CHAPTER 37

An Act to amend and reenact 8§ 46.1-809.1 as amended, 46.1-810 and
46.1-814 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain
safety equipment to be installed in motor vehicles registered in the
State and fees for approval certificates. TH 69)

Approved February 23, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 46.1-309.1 as amended, 46.1-310 and 46.1-314 as amended, of
the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as follows: |

§ 46.1-309.1. (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 * shoulder harnesses of a type approved by the Superintendent.

(b) Failure to use such safety belts or shoulder harnesses after instal-
lation shall not be deemed to be negligence.

46.1-310. (a) Any safety belt or * shoulder harness installed in

a vehicle shall be designed and installed in such manner as to prevent or
materially reduce movement of any person using the same in the event of
collision or upset of the vehicle.

The Superintendent shall establish specifications or requirements
for approved type safety belts and * shoulder harnesses, attachments and
installation, 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 * shoulder harnesses established by the
Civil Aeronautics Administration Technical Standard Orders or regula-
tions 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, *
shoulder harness, or attachments thereto for use in a vehicle, unless of a
type which has been approved by the Superintendent.

§ 46.1-314. (a) 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, 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
or any other lighting devices shall be a sum not more than seventy-five

(3) 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.

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

(b) Fees collected under this section shall be used by the Superin-
tendent in examining and testing devices to be approved and for maintain-
ing and publishing necessary records; and shall be in addition to the
regular appropriation made by law.