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90_HB0492
625 ILCS 25/4 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104
625 ILCS 25/4a from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104a
Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act to require a
parent, legal guardian, or other person to secure a child
under the age of 6 in the back seat of a vehicle if the
vehicle has a passenger side airbag.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Child Passenger Protection Act by
2 changing Sections 4, 4a, and 6.
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 4, 4a, and 6 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104)
8 Sec. 4. When any person is transporting a child in this
9 State under the age of 4 years in a non-commercial motor
10 vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle of the second
11 division with a gross vehicle weight rating of 9,000 pounds
12 or less, or a recreational vehicle on the roadways, streets
13 or highways of this State, such person shall be responsible
14 for providing for the protection of such child by properly
15 securing him or her in a child restraint system. If the
16 vehicle is equipped with an air bag on the passenger side and
17 the vehicle has a back seat, a parent, legal guardian, or
18 other person shall properly secure the child in a child
19 restraint system in the back seat. The parent or legal
20 guardian of a child under the age of 4 years shall provide a
21 child restraint system to any person who transports his or
22 her child. Any person who transports the child of another
23 shall not be in violation of this Section unless a child
24 restraint system was provided by the parent or legal guardian
25 but not used to transport the child.
26 For purposes of this Section and Section 4a, "child
27 restraint system" means any device which meets the standards
28 of the United States Department of Transportation designed to
29 restrain, seat or position children.
30 (Source: P.A. 88-17.)
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1 (625 ILCS 25/4a) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104a)
2 Sec. 4a. Every person, when transporting a child 4 years
3 of age or older but under the age of 6, as provided in
4 Section 4 of this Act, shall be responsible for securing that
5 child in either a child restraint system or seat belts. If
6 the vehicle is equipped with an air bag on the passenger side
7 and the vehicle has a back seat, a parent, legal guardian, or
8 other person shall properly secure that child in either a
9 child restraint system or seat belt in the back seat.
10 (Source: P.A. 88-17.)