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1 AN ACT in relation to vehicles.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Child Passenger Protection Act is amended
5 by changing Sections 4a and 5 and adding Section 4c as
6 follows:
7 (625 ILCS 25/4a) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104a)
8 Sec. 4a. Every person, when transporting a child 4 years
9 of age or older but under the age of 16, as provided in
10 Section 4 of this Act, shall be responsible for securing that
11 child in either a child restraint system or seat belts. This
12 Section does not apply if Section 4c is applicable.
13 (Source: P.A. 92-171, eff. 1-1-02.)
14 (625 ILCS 25/4c new)
15 Sec. 4c. Children at least 4 years of age but under 12
16 years of age. Every person, when transporting a child at
17 least 4 years of age but under 12 years of age, as provided
18 in Section 4 of this Act, is responsible for securing that
19 child in seat safety belts or in a child booster seat and a
20 federally approved lap-and-shoulder belt system. As used in
21 this Section, "child booster seat" means a child passenger
22 restraint system that meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
23 Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.213 that is designed to
24 elevate a child weighing 40 pounds or more but not more than
25 80 pounds or a child less than 4 feet 9 inches in height to
26 properly sit in a federally approved lap-and-shoulder belt
27 system.
28 (625 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1105)
29 Sec. 5. In no event shall a person's failure to secure a
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1 child under 6 years of age in an approved child restraint
2 system or properly secure such child, if age 4 or 5, in a
3 seat belt constitute contributory negligence or me admissible
4 as evidence in the trial of any civil action.
5 A person's failure to secure a child 4 years of age or
6 older but under the age of 12 in a child booster seat and a
7 federally approved lap-and-shoulder belt system, as provided
8 in Section 4c of this Act, does not constitute contributory
9 negligence and is not admissible as evidence in the trial of
10 any civil action.
11 (Source: P.A. 86-1241.)