23 CFR § 1215.2 - Purpose.

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title: "23 CFR § 1215.2 - Purpose."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "1215.2"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "GUIDELINES"
part_number: "1215"
part_name: "USE OF SAFETY BELTS—COMPLIANCE AND TRANSFER-OF-FUNDS PROCEDURES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "23 U.S.C. 153; Secs. 205(e) and 355, Pub. L. 104-59; delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.48 and 1.50."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 44759, Aug. 25, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1215.2 Purpose.

This part clarifies the provisions which a State must incorporate into its safety belt law to prevent the transfer of a portion of its Federal-aid highway funds to the section 402 highway safety program apportionment, describes notification and transfer procedures, establishes parameters for the use of transferred funds, and provides alternate compliance criteria for New Hampshire and Maine.

[61 FR 28749, June 6, 1996]