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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0228
Introduced 2/2/2005, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 25/4 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104 |
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Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act. Deletes language providing that, if a person other than the child's parent transports a child under the age of 8 years in a passenger vehicle or light truck without securing the child in an appropriate child restraint system, the person has not violated the provision if the child's parent failed to provide the person with a child restrain system.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0228 |
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LRB094 07757 DRH 37935 b |
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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, a motor vehicle of the second |
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| division with a gross vehicle
weight rating of 9,000 pounds or |
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| less, or a recreational vehicle on the
roadways, streets or |
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| highways of this State, such person shall be
responsible for |
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| providing for the protection of such child by properly
securing |
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| him or her in an appropriate child restraint system. The
parent |
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| or legal guardian
of a child under the age of
8 years shall |
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| provide a child restraint system to any person who
transports
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| his or her child. Any person who transports the child of |
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| another shall not
be in violation of this Section unless a |
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| child restraint system was
provided by the parent or legal |
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| guardian but not used to transport the 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.)
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