FY18 405(b)
Occupant Protection
State
PART 1: OCCUPANT PROTECTION GRANT (23 CFR § 1300.21)
Check the box only if applying for an Occupant Protection grant
All States: [Fill in all blanks below.]
The lead State agency responsible for occupant protection programs will maintain its aggregate
expenditures for occupant protection programs at or above the average level of such expenditures
in fiscal years 2014 and 2015. (23 U.S.C. 405(a)(9))
The State occupant protection program area plan for the upcoming fiscal year is provided on
HSP page #:
The State will participate in the Click it or Ticket national mobilization in the fiscal year of the
grant. The description of the State’s planned participation is provided on HSP page #:
A table that documents the State’s active network of child restraint inspection stations is
provided on HSP page #:
Such table includes (1) the total number of inspection stations/events in the State; and (2) the total
number of inspection stations and/or inspection events that service rural and urban areas and at-
risk populations (e.g., low income, minority). Each inspection station/event is staffed with at least
one current nationally Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician.
A table that identifies the number of classes to be held, location of classes, and estimated
number of students needed to ensure coverage of child passenger safety inspection stations
and inspection events by nationally Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians is provided
on HSP page #:
Lower Seat belt Use States Only:
[Check at least 3 boxes below and fill in all blanks related to those checked boxes]
Primary Enforcement Seat Belt Use Statute
The State primary seat belt use law, requiring all occupants riding in a passenger motor vehicle to
be restrained in a seat belt or a child restraint is in effect, and will be enforced during the fiscal year
of the grant.
Date of enactment:
Last amended on:
Insert legal citation(s):
Occupant Protection Statute
The State occupant protection law, requiring occupants to be secured in a seat belt or age-
appropriate child restraint while in a passenger motor vehicle and a minimum fine of $25, is in
effect, and will be enforced during the fiscal year of the grant.
Date of enactment:
Last amended on:
Insert legal citation(s):
Requirement for all occupants to be secured in
seat belt or age appropriate child restraint:
Coverage of all passenger motor vehicles:
Minimum fine of at least $25:
Exemptions from restraint requirements:
Seat Belt Enforcement
The State seat belt enforcement plan is provided on HSP page #:
High Risk Population Countermeasure
Programs
The State’s data-driven programs to improve seat belt and child restraint use for at least 2 of the
following at-risk populations (drivers on rural roadways, unrestrained nighttime drivers, teenage
drivers, or other at-risk populations as identified in the occupant protection program area is
provide on HSP page #:
Comprehensive Occupant Protection
Program
Date of NHTSA-facilitated program assessment conducted within 5 years prior to the application
date:
Multi-year strategic plan is provided on HSP page or attachment #:
Name and title of State designated occupant protection coordinator:
List that contains the names, titles and organizations of the statewide occupant protection
task force membership is provided on HSP page #:
Occupant Protection Program Assessment
The State’s NHTSA-facilitated occupant
protection program assessment of all elements
of its occupant protection program was
conducted within 3 years prior to the
application date (enter date):