95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0071


 
Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. John J. Cullerton
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














625 ILCS 25/4
  from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104







    Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act. Provides that any person transporting a child under the age of 8 years in any truck or truck tractor equipped with seat safety belts is responsible for securing the child in an appropriate child restraint system.
















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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Child Passenger Protection Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 4 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 25/4)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104)



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    Sec. 4. When any person is transporting a child in
this 
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State
under the age of 8 years in a non-commercial motor 
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vehicle of the
first
division, any truck or truck tractor that 
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is equipped with seat safety belts, any other
a motor vehicle 
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of the second division with a gross vehicle
weight rating of 
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9,000 pounds or less, or a recreational vehicle on the

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roadways, streets or highways of this State, such person shall 
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be
responsible for providing for the protection of such child 
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by properly
securing him or her in an appropriate child 
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restraint system. The
parent or legal guardian
of a child under 
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the age of
8 years shall provide a child restraint system to 
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any person who
transports
his or her child.  Any person who 
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transports the child of another shall not
be in violation of 
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this Section unless a child restraint system was
provided by 
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the parent or legal guardian but not used to transport the 
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child.

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    For purposes of this Section and Section 4b, "child 
 


 






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restraint
system" means
any device which meets the standards of 
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the United States Department of
Transportation designed to 
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restrain, seat or position children, which also
includes a 
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booster seat.

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    A child weighing more than 40 pounds may be transported in 
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the back seat
of a motor vehicle while wearing only a lap belt 
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if the back seat of the motor
vehicle is not equipped with a 
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combination lap and shoulder belt.

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(Source: P.A. 93-100, eff. 1-1-04.)