SAFETY BELT USE LAW REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SEC. 355. SAFETY BELT USE LAW REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE. (a) In General.—For purposes of this section and section 153 of title 23, United States Code, the State of New Hampshire shall 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 a safety belt use rate of not less than 50 percent. (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 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 Certification.—If, at any time in a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1994, the State of New Hampshire 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 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.