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90_SB0166

      625 ILCS 25/2             from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1102
      625 ILCS 25/4a            from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104a
      625 ILCS 25/5             from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1105
          Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act to increase the
      age at which a person must secure  a  child  in  a  restraint
      system or seat belt from age 6 to age 16.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Child Passenger Protection Act by
 2    changing Sections 2, 4a, and 5.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Child Passenger Protection Act is amended
 6    by changing Sections 2, 4a, and 5 as follows:
 7        (625 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1102)
 8        Sec.   2.   Legislative  Finding;  Purpose.  The  General
 9    Assembly finds that a substantial number of passengers  under
10    the  age  of  16  6 years riding in motor vehicles, which are
11    most frequently operated by a parent, annually die or sustain
12    serious physical injury as  a  direct  result  of  not  being
13    placed  in  a  child  passenger restraint system. The General
14    Assembly further finds that the safety of the motoring public
15    is seriously  threatened  as  indicated  by  the  significant
16    number  of  traffic  accidents  annually  caused, directly or
17    indirectly, by driver  distraction  or  other  impairment  of
18    driving  ability  induced  by  the  movement  or  actions  of
19    unrestrained passengers under the age of 16 6 years.
20        It  is  the  purpose  of  this Act to further protect the
21    health, safety and welfare of motor vehicle passengers  under
22    the  age  of  16  6 years and the motoring public through the
23    proper utilization of approved child restraint systems.
24    (Source: P.A. 83-8.)
25        (625 ILCS 25/4a) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104a)
26        Sec. 4a.  Transporting child 4 or  older  and  under  16.
27    Every  person,  when  transporting  a child 4 years of age or
28    older but under the age of 16 6, as provided in Section 4  of
29    this  Act,  shall  be  responsible for securing that child in
30    either a child restraint system or seat belts.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 88-17.)
 2        (625 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1105)
 3        Sec. 5.  Failure to  secure  a  child;  admissability  at
 4    trial. In no event shall a person's failure to secure a child
 5    under 16 6 years of age in an approved child restraint system
 6    or properly secure that such child, if age 4 through 15 or 5,
 7    in  a  seat  belt  constitute  contributory  negligence or be
 8    admissible as evidence in the trial of any civil action.
 9    (Source: P.A. 86-1241.)

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