112 STAT. 326 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 "(1) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.— Subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary shall make grants under this section to States that adopt and implement effective programs to reduce highway deaths and injuries resulting from individuals riding unrestrained or improperly restrained in motor vehicles. Such grants may be used by recipient States only to implement and enforce, as appropriate, such programs. "(2) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— No grant may be made to a State under this section in any fiscal year unless the State enters into such agreements with the Secretary as the , Secretary may require to ensure that the State will maintain its aggregate expenditures from all other sources for programs described in paragraph (1) at or above the average level of such expenditures in its 2 fiscal years preceding the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. "(3) MAXIMUM PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY. — No State may receive grants under this section in more than 6 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1997. "(4) FEDERAL SHARE. — The Federal share of the cost of implementing and enforcing, as appropriate, in a fiscal year a program adopted by a State pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not exceed— "(A) in each of the first and second fiscal years in which the State receives a grant under this section, 75 percent; "(B) in each of the third and fourth fiscal years in which the State receives a grant under this section, 50 percent; and "(C) in each of the fifth and sixth fiscal years in which the State receives a grant under this section, 25 percent. " (b) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.—A State shall become eligible for a grant under this section by adopting or demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Secretary at least 4 of the following: "(1) SAFETY BELT USE LAW.— The State has in effect a safety belt use law that makes unlawful throughout the State the operation of a passenger motor vehicle whenever an individual (other than a child who is secured in a child restraint system) in the front seat of the vehicle (and, beginning in fiscal year 2001, in any seat in the vehicle) does not have a safety belt properly secured about the individual's body. "(2) PRIMARY SAFETY BELT USE LAW.— The State provides for primary enforcement of the safety belt use law of the State. "(3) MINIMUM FINE OR PENALTY POINTS. —The State imposes a minimum fine or provides for the imposition of penalty points against the driver's license of an individual— "(A) for a violation of the safety belt use law of the State; and "(B) for a violation of the child passenger protection law of the State. "(4) SPECIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.—The State has implemented a statewide special traffic enforcement program for occupant protection that emphasizes publicity for the program. "(5) CHILD PASSENGER PROTECTION EDUCATION PROGRAM. — The State has implemented a statewide comprehensive child passenger protection education program that includes education
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