109 STAT. 624
PUBLIC LAW 104-59—NOV. 28, 1995
SEC. 355. SAFETY BELT USE LAW REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW HAMP-
SHIRE AND MAINE.
(a) IN GENERAL. —For purposes of this section and section 153
of title 23, United States Code, the States of New Hampshire
and Maine shall each be treated as having in effect a State law
described in subsection (a)(2) of such section and as having achieved
a rate of compliance with the State law required by subsections
(f)(2) and (f)(3) of such section upon certification by the Secretary
that the State has achieved—
(1) a safety belt use rate in each of fiscal years 1995
and 1996, of not less than 50 percent; and
(2) a safety belt use rate in each fiscal year thereafter
of not less than the national average safety belt use rate,
as determined by the Secretary.
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.—
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE. —Subsection (a) shall take effect
September 30, 1995.
(2) TREATMENT OF CONTINUANCE OF SAFETY BELT USE
LAW. —If the State of New Hampshire or Maine continues in
effect a law described in subsection (a)(2) of section 153 of
title 23, United States Code, within 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this section, the State shall be treated,
for purposes of this section and such section, as having in
effect a State law described in such subsection on September
30, 1995.
(c) RESERVATION OF APPORTIONMENT PENDING CERTIFI-
CATION.—I f, at any time in a fiscal year beginning after September
30, 1994, the State of New Hampshire or Maine does not have
in effect a law described in subsection (a)(2) of section 153 of
title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall reserve 3 percent
of the funds to be apportioned to the State for the succeeding
fiscal year, under each of subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3) of
section 104 of such title, if the Secretary has not certified, in
accordance with subsection (a) of this section, that the State has
achieved the applicable safety belt use rate.
(d) EFFECT ON NONCERTIFICATION.— If, at the end of the fiscal
year in which the funds are reserved under subsection (c), the
Secretary has not certified, in accordance with subsection (a), that
the State of New Hampshire or Maine achieved the applicable
safety belt use rate, the Secretary shall transfer the funds reserved
from the State under subsection (c) to the apportionment of the
State under section 402 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 356. ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TOLL ROADS.
(a) MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. — The Secretary shall enter
into an agreement modifying the agreement entered into pursuant
to section 339 of the Department of Transportation and Related
^encies Appropriations Act, 1993 (106 Stat. 1552) to conform
such agreement to the provisions of section 336 of the Department
of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995
(108 Stat. 2495).
(b) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. —Nothing in this
section shall be construed to change the amount of the appropriation
made by section 339 of the Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (106 Stat. 1552), and
the line of credit provided for shall not exceed an amount supported
by such appropriation.
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