Public Act 095-0254
 
SB0071 Enrolled LRB095 04152 DRH 24190 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Child Passenger Protection Act is amended by
changing Section 4 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 25/4)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104)
    Sec. 4. When any person is transporting a child in this
State under the age of 8 years in a non-commercial motor
vehicle of the first division, any truck or truck tractor that
is equipped with seat safety belts, any other a motor vehicle
of the second division with a gross vehicle weight rating of
9,000 pounds or less, or a recreational vehicle on the
roadways, streets or highways of this State, such person shall
be responsible for providing for the protection of such child
by properly securing him or her in an appropriate child
restraint system. The parent or legal guardian of a child under
the age of 8 years shall provide a child restraint system to
any person who transports his or her child. Any person who
transports the child of another shall not be in violation of
this Section unless a child restraint system was provided by
the parent or legal guardian but not used to transport the
child.
    For purposes of this Section and Section 4b, "child
restraint system" means any device which meets the standards of
the United States Department of Transportation designed to
restrain, seat or position children, which also includes a
booster seat.
    A child weighing more than 40 pounds may be transported in
the back seat of a motor vehicle while wearing only a lap belt
if the back seat of the motor vehicle is not equipped with a
combination lap and shoulder belt.
(Source: P.A. 93-100, eff. 1-1-04.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2008