100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0691
 
Introduced 1/30/2017, by Sen. David Koehler
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
625 ILCS 25/6a

     Amends the Child Passenger Protection Act. Provides that a technician shall discuss with a person who received a citation for a violation of the Act with the notation of "no safety seat" in the notes field, and has scheduled a child safety instructional course, the negative consequences of a motor vehicle accident with a child occurring without the child wearing a proper child restraint system. The technician may also discuss the importance of an adult wearing a safety belt and the impact it may have on the child's behavior.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Child Passenger Protection Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 6a as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 25/6a)
7    Sec. 6a. Child passenger safety instructional course.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "technician" means a person 
9who has successfully completed the U.S. Department of

10Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety 
11Administration's (NHTSA) standardized National Child Passenger 
12Safety Certification Training Program and who maintains a

13current child passenger safety technician or technician 
14instructor certification through the current
certifying body 
15for the National Child Passenger Safety Training Program as 
16designated by the
NHTSA. 
17    (b) A person in violation of Section 4 of this Act  may 
18schedule a child safety instructional course with a technician. 
19The instructional course shall include instruction on the 
20proper installation of a child restraint system. The 
21instructional course shall also include an inspection of the 
22child restraint system. At the time of scheduling, the 
23technician shall notify the person that the instructional 
 
 
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1course must be completed prior to the mandatory court 
2appearance date on the person's citation for a violation of 
3Section 4 of this Act.
4    (c) Prior to beginning the instructional course, the person 
5must present a copy of the citation of a violation of Section 4 
6of this Act to the technician.
7    (d) The technician shall be observant for any citations 
8with the notation "no safety seat" in the notes field and 
9discuss with the person, for the purpose of determining the 
10person's need for a child restraint system, the person's 
11reasons for not transporting the child in a child restraint 
12system. The technician shall discuss the negative consequences 
13of a motor vehicle accident with a child occurring without the 
14child wearing a proper child restraint system. The technician 
15may also discuss the importance of an adult wearing a safety 
16belt and the impact it may have on the child's behavior. 
17    (e) Upon completion of the instructional course to the 
18satisfaction of the technician conducting the course, the 
19technician shall issue a letter to the person for presentation 
20in court. The letter shall:
21        (1) be printed on a form or in a manner required by the 
22    Illinois Department of
Transportation;
23        (2) indicate that the person has voluntarily 
24    participated in the instructional course and received 
25    instruction from a technician regarding the proper use of 
26    the person's child restraint system; and
 
 
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1        (3) include (i) the date the instructional course was 
2    completed, (ii) the citation number presented to the 
3    technician under this Section, (iii) the county in which 
4    the citation was issued, and (iv) the technician's 
5    signature and technician number.

6(Source: P.A. 96-914, eff. 1-1-11; 97-26, eff. 1-1-12.)