Seat Belt Law Upheld
United Press International
ROCHESTER, N.Y. —
A state Supreme Court judge has upheld the constitutionality of New York’s seat belt law.
The ruling by Justice Myron Tillman last week was the first state court review of the 11-month-old law, which requires front seat occupants and children under age 10 to wear safety belts and imposes fines of up to $50 on violators. The issue has not yet come before the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals.
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