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90_SB0166
625 ILCS 25/2 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1102
625 ILCS 25/4a from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104a
625 ILCS 25/5 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1105
Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act to increase the
age at which a person must secure a child in a restraint
system or seat belt from age 6 to age 16.
LRB9001838NTsb
LRB9001838NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Child Passenger Protection Act by
2 changing Sections 2, 4a, and 5.
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 2, 4a, and 5 as follows:
7 (625 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1102)
8 Sec. 2. Legislative Finding; Purpose. The General
9 Assembly finds that a substantial number of passengers under
10 the age of 16 6 years riding in motor vehicles, which are
11 most frequently operated by a parent, annually die or sustain
12 serious physical injury as a direct result of not being
13 placed in a child passenger restraint system. The General
14 Assembly further finds that the safety of the motoring public
15 is seriously threatened as indicated by the significant
16 number of traffic accidents annually caused, directly or
17 indirectly, by driver distraction or other impairment of
18 driving ability induced by the movement or actions of
19 unrestrained passengers under the age of 16 6 years.
20 It is the purpose of this Act to further protect the
21 health, safety and welfare of motor vehicle passengers under
22 the age of 16 6 years and the motoring public through the
23 proper utilization of approved child restraint systems.
24 (Source: P.A. 83-8.)
25 (625 ILCS 25/4a) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104a)
26 Sec. 4a. Transporting child 4 or older and under 16.
27 Every person, when transporting a child 4 years of age or
28 older but under the age of 16 6, as provided in Section 4 of
29 this Act, shall be responsible for securing that child in
30 either a child restraint system or seat belts.
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1 (Source: P.A. 88-17.)
2 (625 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1105)
3 Sec. 5. Failure to secure a child; admissability at
4 trial. In no event shall a person's failure to secure a child
5 under 16 6 years of age in an approved child restraint system
6 or properly secure that such child, if age 4 through 15 or 5,
7 in a seat belt constitute contributory negligence or be
8 admissible as evidence in the trial of any civil action.
9 (Source: P.A. 86-1241.)