Full Text of SB0071 95th General Assembly
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Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 3/15/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 71
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 71 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Child Passenger Protection Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Sections 3, 4, 4a, and 4b, and by adding Section 4c | 6 |
| as follows:
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| (625 ILCS 25/3) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1103)
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| Sec. 3. Definitions. The terms "highway", "motor vehicle", | 9 |
| "noncommercial vehicle", "owner",
"police officer", | 10 |
| "recreational vehicle", "roadway" and "street" as used
in this | 11 |
| Act, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning | 12 |
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to them in The Illinois Vehicle Code, as now or | 13 |
| hereafter amended. For purposes of this Act, "child restraint | 14 |
| system" means any device which meets the standards of the | 15 |
| United States Department of Transportation designed to | 16 |
| restrain, seat or position children, which includes |
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| rear-facing infant seats, forward-facing toddler seats, and | 2 |
| booster seats approved by the National Highway Transportation | 3 |
| Agency. For purposes of this Act, "specified vehicle" means a | 4 |
| noncommercial motor vehicle of the first division, a motor | 5 |
| vehicle of the second division, or a recreational vehicle. For
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| the purpose of this Act, " specified
motor vehicle" does not | 7 |
| include motorcycles , or motor vehicles manufactured prior to | 8 |
| 1965, and motor vehicles which are not required to be equipped | 9 |
| with seat safety belts under federal law .
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| (Source: P.A. 83-8.)
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| (625 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104)
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| Sec. 4. Any person who drives a specified vehicle, or any | 13 |
| truck or truck tractor that is equipped with seat safety belts, | 14 |
| on a highway when a passenger in the vehicle is
When any person | 15 |
| is transporting a child in
this State
under the age of 8 years | 16 |
| in a non-commercial motor vehicle of the
first
division, a | 17 |
| motor vehicle of the second division with a gross vehicle
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| weight rating of 9,000 pounds or less, or a recreational | 19 |
| vehicle on the
roadways, streets or highways of this State, | 20 |
| such person
shall properly secure the child
be
responsible for | 21 |
| providing for the protection of such child by properly
securing
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| him or her in an appropriate child restraint system. Children | 23 |
| ages 4 through 7 shall be properly secured in a booster seat | 24 |
| secured by a lap and shoulder belt system or other appropriate | 25 |
| child restraint system unless the child is 57 inches or taller |
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| or is riding in a vehicle without a seating position equipped | 2 |
| with a lap and shoulder belt system.
The
parent or legal | 3 |
| guardian
of a child under the age of
8 years shall provide a | 4 |
| child restraint system to any person who
transports
his or her | 5 |
| child. Any person who transports the child of another shall not
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| be in violation of this Section unless a child restraint system | 7 |
| was
provided by the parent or legal guardian but not used to | 8 |
| transport the child.
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| For purposes of this Section and Section 4b, "child | 10 |
| restraint
system" means
any device which meets the standards of | 11 |
| the United States Department of
Transportation designed to | 12 |
| restrain, seat or position children, which also
includes a | 13 |
| booster seat.
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| A child weighing more than 40 pounds may be transported in | 15 |
| the back seat
of a motor vehicle while wearing only a lap belt | 16 |
| if the back seat of the motor
vehicle is not equipped with a | 17 |
| combination lap and shoulder belt.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-100, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| (625 ILCS 25/4a) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104a)
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| Sec. 4a. Any person over the age of 17 years who drives a | 21 |
| specified vehicle on a highway when a passenger in the vehicle | 22 |
| is a child under the age of 16 years shall properly secure the | 23 |
| child in a seat belt, unless such child is required to be | 24 |
| secured in a child restraint system pursuant to Section 4 of | 25 |
| this Act.
Every person, when transporting a child 8 years of |
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| age or
older but under the age of 16, as provided in Section 4 | 2 |
| of this Act,
shall
be responsible for properly securing that | 3 |
| child in seat belts.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-171, eff. 1-1-02; 93-100, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| (625 ILCS 25/4b)
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| Sec. 4b. Children 8 years of age or older but under the age | 7 |
| of 19;
seat belts. Any person under the age of 18 years who | 8 |
| drives a specified vehicle on a highway when a passenger in the | 9 |
| vehicle is a child under the age of 19 years in a specified | 10 |
| vehicle on a highway shall properly secure the child in a seat | 11 |
| belt, unless such child is required to be secured in a child | 12 |
| restraint system pursuant to Section 4 of this Act.
Every | 13 |
| person under the age of 18 years, when transporting a child
8 | 14 |
| years of age or older but under the age of 19 years, as | 15 |
| provided in
Section 4 of this Act, shall be responsible for | 16 |
| securing that child in a
properly
adjusted and fastened seat | 17 |
| safety belt or an appropriate child restraint
system.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-100, eff. 1-1-04; 94-241, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| (625 ILCS 25/4c new) | 20 |
| Sec. 4c. The parent or legal guardian of a child under the | 21 |
| age of 8 years shall provide an appropriate child restraint | 22 |
| system to any person who is going to drive a specified vehicle | 23 |
| on a highway when his or her child is going to be a passenger in | 24 |
| the vehicle, unless such child is 57 or more inches tall. ".
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