Full Text of HB0219 97th General Assembly
HB0219 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB0219 Introduced 01/21/11___________, by SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 625 ILCS 5/12-603.1 | from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603.1 |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that every driver and passenger (rather than every driver, front seat passengers, and certain passengers under the age of 19) of a motor vehicle operated on a street or highway of this State must wear a properly adjusted safety belt, with specified exceptions.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 12-603.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/12-603.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 12-603.1. Driver and passenger required to use safety | 8 | | belts,
exceptions and penalty. | 9 | | (a) Each driver and front seat passenger of a motor vehicle | 10 | | operated on a
street or highway in this State shall wear a | 11 | | properly adjusted and
fastened seat safety belt . A ; except | 12 | | that, a child less than 8 years of age shall
be protected as | 13 | | required pursuant to the Child Passenger Protection Act.
Each | 14 | | driver under the age of 18 years and each of the driver's
| 15 | | passengers under the age of 19 years of a motor vehicle | 16 | | operated
on a street or highway in this State shall wear a | 17 | | properly
adjusted and fastened seat safety belt.
Every | 18 | | passenger under the age of 19 in a vehicle being driven by a | 19 | | person over the age of 18 who committed an offense against | 20 | | traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles or any | 21 | | violation of this Section or Section 6-107 of this Code within | 22 | | 6 months prior to the driver's 18th birthday and was | 23 | | subsequently convicted of the violation, shall wear a properly |
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| 1 | | adjusted and fastened seat safety belt, until such time as a | 2 | | period of 6 consecutive months has elapsed without the driver | 3 | | receiving an additional violation and subsequent conviction of | 4 | | an offense against traffic regulations governing the movement | 5 | | of vehicles or any violation of this Section or Section 6-107 | 6 | | of this Code. Each driver of a motor vehicle transporting a | 7 | | child 8 years of age or
more, but less than 16 years of age,
| 8 | | shall secure the child in a properly adjusted and fastened seat | 9 | | safety belt as required under the Child Passenger Protection | 10 | | Act. Each driver of a motor vehicle transporting a passenger | 11 | | who is unable, due to infirmity, illness, or age, to properly | 12 | | adjust and
fasten a seat
safety belt and is not exempted from | 13 | | wearing a seat safety belt under subsection (b)
shall secure | 14 | | the passenger in a properly adjusted and fastened seat safety | 15 | | belt as required under this Section.
| 16 | | (b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to any of the following:
| 17 | | 1. A driver or passenger frequently stopping and | 18 | | leaving the vehicle or
delivering property from the | 19 | | vehicle, if the speed of the vehicle between
stops does not | 20 | | exceed 15 miles per hour.
| 21 | | 2. A driver or passenger possessing a written statement | 22 | | from a physician
that such person is unable, for medical or | 23 | | physical reasons, to wear a seat
safety belt.
| 24 | | 3. A driver or passenger possessing an official | 25 | | certificate or license
endorsement issued by the | 26 | | appropriate agency in another state or country
indicating |
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| 1 | | that the driver is unable for medical, physical, or other | 2 | | valid
reasons to wear a seat safety belt.
| 3 | | 4. A driver operating a motor vehicle in reverse.
| 4 | | 5. A motor vehicle with a model year prior to 1965.
| 5 | | 6. A motorcycle or motor driven cycle.
| 6 | | 7. A moped.
| 7 | | 8. A motor vehicle which is not required to be equipped | 8 | | with seat safety
belts under federal law.
| 9 | | 9. A motor vehicle operated by a rural letter carrier | 10 | | of the United
States postal service while performing duties | 11 | | as a rural letter carrier.
| 12 | | (c) Failure to wear a seat safety belt in violation of this | 13 | | Section
shall not be considered evidence of negligence, shall | 14 | | not limit the
liability of an insurer, and shall not diminish | 15 | | any recovery for damages
arising out of the ownership, | 16 | | maintenance, or operation of a motor vehicle.
| 17 | | (d) A violation of this Section shall be a petty offense | 18 | | and subject to a
fine not to exceed $25.
| 19 | | (e) (Blank).
| 20 | | (f) A law enforcement officer may not search or inspect a | 21 | | motor vehicle,
its contents, the driver, or a passenger solely | 22 | | because of a violation of this
Section.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 95-310, eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; | 24 | | 96-554, eff. 1-1-10; 96-991, eff. 1-1-11; revised 7-22-10.)
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