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90_HB0327
625 ILCS 5/12-603.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603.1
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to provide that a
passenger (instead of front seat passenger) of a motor
vehicle shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat
safety belt.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
2 Section 12-603.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 changing Section 12-603.1 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 5/12-603.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603.1)
8 Sec. 12-603.1. Driver and passenger required to use
9 safety belts, exceptions and penalty.
10 (a) Each driver and front seat passenger of a motor
11 vehicle operated on a street or highway in this State shall
12 wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt;
13 except that, a child less than 6 years of age shall be
14 protected as required pursuant to the Child Passenger
15 Protection Act. Each driver of a motor vehicle transporting a
16 child 6 years of age or more, but less than 16 years of age,
17 in the front seat of the motor vehicle shall secure the child
18 in a properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt.
19 (b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to any of the
20 following:
21 1. A driver or passenger frequently stopping and leaving
22 the vehicle or delivering property from the vehicle, if the
23 speed of the vehicle between stops does not exceed 15 miles
24 per hour.
25 2. A driver or passenger possessing a written statement
26 from a physician that such person is unable, for medical or
27 physical reasons, to wear a seat safety belt.
28 3. A driver or passenger possessing an official
29 certificate or license endorsement issued by the appropriate
30 agency in another state or country indicating that the driver
31 is unable for medical, physical, or other valid reasons to
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1 wear a seat safety belt.
2 4. A driver operating a motor vehicle in reverse.
3 5. A motor vehicle with a model year prior to 1965.
4 6. A motorcycle or motor driven cycle.
5 7. A motorized pedalcycle.
6 8. A motor vehicle which is not required to be equipped
7 with seat safety belts under federal law.
8 9. A motor vehicle operated by a rural letter carrier of
9 the United States postal service while performing duties as a
10 rural letter carrier.
11 (c) Failure to wear a seat safety belt in violation of
12 this Section shall not be considered evidence of negligence,
13 shall not limit the liability of an insurer, and shall not
14 diminish any recovery for damages arising out of the
15 ownership, maintenance, or operation of a motor vehicle.
16 (d) A violation of this Section shall be a petty offense
17 and subject to a fine not to exceed $25.
18 (e) No motor vehicle, or driver or passenger of such
19 vehicle, shall be stopped or searched by any law enforcement
20 officer solely on the basis of a violation or suspected
21 violation of this Section.
22 (Source: P.A. 85-291.)