Full Text of SB3272 96th General Assembly
SB3272eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 12-603.1 as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/12-603.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603.1)
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| Sec. 12-603.1. Driver and passenger required to use safety | 8 |
| belts,
exceptions and penalty. | 9 |
| (a) Each driver and front seat passenger of a motor vehicle | 10 |
| operated on a
street or highway in this State shall wear a | 11 |
| properly adjusted and
fastened seat safety belt; except that, a | 12 |
| child less than 8 years of age shall
be protected as required | 13 |
| pursuant to the Child Passenger Protection Act.
Each driver | 14 |
| under the age of 18 years and each of the driver's
passengers | 15 |
| under the age of 19 years of a motor vehicle operated
on a | 16 |
| street or highway in this State shall wear a properly
adjusted | 17 |
| and fastened seat safety belt.
Every passenger under the age of | 18 |
| 19 in a vehicle being driven by a person over the age of 18 who | 19 |
| committed an offense against traffic regulations governing the | 20 |
| movement of vehicles or any violation of this Section or | 21 |
| Section 6-107 of this Code within 6 months prior to the | 22 |
| driver's 18th birthday and was subsequently convicted of the | 23 |
| violation, shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat |
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| safety belt, until such time as a period of 6 consecutive | 2 |
| months has elapsed without the driver receiving an additional | 3 |
| violation and subsequent conviction of an offense against | 4 |
| traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles or any | 5 |
| violation of this Section or Section 6-107 of this Code. Each | 6 |
| driver of a motor vehicle transporting a child 8 years of age | 7 |
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more, but less than 16 years of age,
shall secure the child | 8 |
| in a properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt as | 9 |
| required under the Child Passenger Protection Act. Each driver | 10 |
| of a motor vehicle transporting a passenger who is unable, due | 11 |
| to infirmity, illness, or age, to properly adjust and
fasten a | 12 |
| seat
safety belt and is not exempted from wearing a seat safety | 13 |
| belt under subsection (b)
shall secure the passenger in a | 14 |
| properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt as required | 15 |
| under this Section.
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| (b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to any of the following:
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| 1. A driver or passenger frequently stopping and | 18 |
| leaving the vehicle or
delivering property from the | 19 |
| vehicle, if the speed of the vehicle between
stops does not | 20 |
| exceed 15 miles per hour.
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| 2. A driver or passenger possessing a written statement | 22 |
| from a physician
that such person is unable, for medical or | 23 |
| physical reasons, to wear a seat
safety belt.
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| 3. A driver or passenger possessing an official | 25 |
| certificate or license
endorsement issued by the | 26 |
| appropriate agency in another state or country
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| that the driver is unable for medical, physical, or other | 2 |
| valid
reasons to wear a seat safety belt.
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| 4. A driver operating a motor vehicle in reverse.
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| 5. A motor vehicle with a model year prior to 1965.
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| 6. A motorcycle or motor driven cycle.
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| 7. A motorized pedalcycle.
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| 8. A motor vehicle which is not required to be equipped | 8 |
| with seat safety
belts under federal law.
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| 9. A motor vehicle operated by a rural letter carrier | 10 |
| of the United
States postal service while performing duties | 11 |
| as a rural letter carrier.
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| (c) Failure to wear a seat safety belt in violation of this | 13 |
| Section
shall not be considered evidence of negligence, shall | 14 |
| not limit the
liability of an insurer, and shall not diminish | 15 |
| any recovery for damages
arising out of the ownership, | 16 |
| maintenance, or operation of a motor vehicle.
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| (d) A violation of this Section shall be a petty offense | 18 |
| and subject to a
fine not to exceed $25.
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| (e) (Blank).
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| (f) A law enforcement officer may not search or inspect a | 21 |
| motor vehicle,
its contents, the driver, or a passenger solely | 22 |
| because of a violation of this
Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06; 94-241, eff. 1-1-06; 95-310, | 24 |
| eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 26 |
| 1, 2011.
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