Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 109 Part 1.djvu/640

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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.