Public Act 93-0100
SB52 Enrolled LRB093 02134 DRH 02141 b
AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Child Passenger Protection Act is amended
by changing Sections 2, 4, 4a, 4b, and 5 as follows:
(625 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1102)
Sec. 2. Legislative Finding - Purpose. The General
Assembly finds that a substantial number of passengers under
the age of 8 6 years riding in motor vehicles, which are most
frequently operated by a parent, annually die or sustain
serious physical injury as a direct result of not being
placed in an appropriate a child passenger restraint system.
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for
children of every age from 4 to 14 years old. The General
Assembly further finds that the safety of the motoring public
is seriously threatened as indicated by the significant
number of traffic accidents annually caused, directly or
indirectly, by driver distraction or other impairment of
driving ability induced by the movement or actions of
unrestrained passengers under the age of 8 6 years.
It is the purpose of this Act to further protect the
health, safety and welfare of motor vehicle passengers under
the age of 8 6 years and the motoring public through the
proper utilization of approved child restraint systems.
(Source: P.A. 83-8.)
(625 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104)
Sec. 4. When any person is transporting a child in this
State under the age of 8 4 years in a non-commercial motor
vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle of the second
division with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 pounds
or less, or a recreational vehicle on the roadways, streets
or highways of this State, such person shall be responsible
for providing for the protection of such child by properly
securing him or her in an appropriate a child restraint
system. The parent or legal guardian of a child under the age
of 8 4 years shall provide a child restraint system to any
person who transports his or her child. Any person who
transports the child of another shall not be in violation of
this Section unless a child restraint system was provided by
the parent or legal guardian but not used to transport the
child.
For purposes of this Section and Section 4b 4a, "child
restraint system" means any device which meets the standards
of the United States Department of Transportation designed to
restrain, seat or position children, which also includes a
booster seat.
A child weighing more than 40 pounds may be transported
in the back seat of a motor vehicle while wearing only a lap
belt if the back seat of the motor vehicle is not equipped
with a combination lap and shoulder belt.
(Source: P.A. 88-17.)
(625 ILCS 25/4a) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104a)
Sec. 4a. Every person, when transporting a child 8 4
years of age or older but under the age of 16, as provided in
Section 4 of this Act, shall be responsible for properly
securing that child in either a child restraint system or
seat belts.
(Source: P.A. 92-171, eff. 1-1-02.)
(625 ILCS 25/4b)
Sec. 4b. Children 8 6 years of age or older but under
the age of 18; seat belts. Every person under the age of 18
years, when transporting a child 8 6 years of age or older
but under the age of 18 years, as provided in Section 4 of
this Act, shall be responsible for securing that child in a
properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt or an
appropriate child restraint system.
(Source: P.A. 90-369, eff. 1-1-98.)
(625 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1105)
Sec. 5. In no event shall a person's failure to secure a
child under 8 6 years of age in an approved child restraint
system or properly secure such child, if age 4 or 5, in a
seat belt constitute contributory negligence or be admissible
as evidence in the trial of any civil action.
(Source: P.A. 86-1241.)