97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1222
 
Introduced 02/08/11, by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
625 ILCS 25/6a

    Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act. Provides that upon completion of a child passenger safety instructional course to the satisfaction of the technician conducting the course, the technician shall issue a letter of completion printed on a form or in a manner required by the Illinois Department of Transportation (rather than on the technician's letterhead). Effective January 1, 2012.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 



 
4    Section 5. The Child Passenger Protection Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 6a as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 25/6a)
7    Sec. 6a. Child passenger safety instructional course.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "technician" means a person 
9who has successfully completed the U.S. Department of

10Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety 
11Administration's (NHTSA) standardized National Child Passenger 
12Safety Certification Training Program and who maintains a

13current child passenger safety technician or technician 
14instructor certification through the current
certifying body 
15for the National Child Passenger Safety Training Program as 
16designated by the
NHTSA. 
17    (b) A person in violation of Section 4 of this Act  may 
18schedule a child safety instructional course with a technician. 
19The instructional course shall include instruction on the 
20proper installation of a child restraint system. The 
21instructional course shall also include an inspection of the 
22child restraint system. At the time of scheduling, the 
23technician shall notify the person that the instructional 
 
 
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1course must be completed prior to the mandatory court 
2appearance date on the person's citation for a violation of 
3Section 4 of this Act.
4    (c) Prior to beginning the instructional course, the person 
5must present a copy of the citation of a violation of Section 4 
6of this Act to the technician.
7    (d) The technician shall be observant for any citations 
8with the notation "no safety seat" in the notes field and 
9discuss with the person, for the purpose of determining the 
10person's need for a child restraint system, the person's 
11reasons for not transporting the child in a child restraint 
12system.
13    (e) Upon completion of the instructional course to the 
14satisfaction of the technician conducting the course, the 
15technician shall issue a letter to the person for presentation 
16in court. The letter shall:
17        (1) be printed on a form or in a manner required by the 
18    Illinois Department of
Transportation the technician's 
19    letterhead;
20        (2) indicate that the person has voluntarily 
21    participated in the instructional course and received 
22    instruction from a technician regarding the proper use of 
23    the person's child restraint system; and
24        (3) include (i) the date the instructional course was 
25    completed, (ii) the citation number presented to the 
26    technician under this Section, (iii) the county in which 
 
 
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1    the citation was issued, and (iv) the technician's 
2    signature and technician number.

3(Source: P.A. 96-914, eff. 1-1-11.)
 

4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
51, 2012.