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6/22/05-A bill in the Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security would permit police to pull over drivers who are not wearing their seat belts.
Currently, police in the state can issue seat-belt citations to drivers only after stopping a vehicle for another traffic violation.
S1367, sponsored by Sen. Mark Montigny, D-New Bedford, would create a primary law for seat-belt enforcement. Violators could be fined $25.
There could be a financial perk for Massachusetts to strengthen its law.
A proposal before Congress would give any state that adopts tougher seat-belt rules one-time grant money equal to 500 percent of the highway funding they received in 2003.
For Senate bill status, call (617) 722-1276.
