23 CFR § 1340.2 - Applicability.

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title: "23 CFR § 1340.2 - Applicability."
title_number: 23
title_name: "Highways"
section_number: "1340.2"
section_name: "Applicability."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "1340"
part_name: "UNIFORM CRITERIA FOR STATE OBSERVATIONAL SURVEYS OF SEAT BELT USE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "23 U.S.C. 402; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50."
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# 1340.2 Applicability.

This part applies to State surveys of seat belt use beginning in calendar year 2013 and continuing annually thereafter. However, a State may elect to conduct its calendar year 2012 seat belt use survey using a survey design approved under this part.

[77 FR 20551, Apr. 5, 2012]