Bill Text: IL HB4377 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act. Provides that when any person is transporting a child in this State who is under the age of 2 years in a motor vehicle of the first division or motor vehicle of the second division weighing 9,000 pounds or less, he or she shall be responsible for properly securing the child in a rear-facing child restraint system, unless the child weighs 40 or more pounds or is 40 or more inches tall.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-12)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0672 [HB4377 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4377-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 100-0672 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Child Passenger Protection Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 4 as follows:
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(625 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104)
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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 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
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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.
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When any person is transporting a child in this State who | ||||
is under the age of 2 years in a motor vehicle of the first | ||||
division or motor vehicle of the second division weighing 9,000 | ||||
pounds or less, he or she shall be responsible for properly | ||||
securing the child in a rear-facing child restraint system, |
unless the child weighs 40 or more pounds or is 40 or more | ||
inches tall. | ||
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.
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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.
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(Source: P.A. 95-254, eff. 1-1-08.)
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