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92_HB0152eng HB0152 Engrossed LRB9201391DHpk 1 AN ACT to amend the Child Passenger Protection Act by 2 changing Sections 4a and 5 and adding Section 4c. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Child Passenger Protection Act is amended 6 by changing Sections 4a and 5 and adding Section 4c as 7 follows: 8 (625 ILCS 25/4a) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1104a) 9 Sec. 4a. Every person, when transporting a child 4 years 10 of age or older but under the age of 6, as provided in 11 Section 4 of this Act, shall be responsible for securing that 12 child in either a child restraint system or seat belts. This 13 Section does not apply if Section 4c is applicable. 14 (Source: P.A. 88-17.) 15 (625 ILCS 25/4c new) 16 Sec. 4c. Children at least 4 years of age but under 12 17 years of age. Every person, when transporting a child at 18 least 4 years of age but under 12 years of age, as provided 19 in Section 4 of this Act, is responsible for securing that 20 child in seat safety belts or in a child booster seat and a 21 federally approved lap-and-shoulder belt system. As used in 22 this Section, "child booster seat" means a child passenger 23 restraint system that meets the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 24 Standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. 571.213 that is designed to 25 elevate a child weighing 40 pounds or more but not more than 26 80 pounds or a child less than 4 feet 9 inches in height to 27 properly sit in a federally approved lap-and-shoulder belt 28 system. 29 (625 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1105) HB0152 Engrossed -2- LRB9201391DHpk 1 Sec. 5. In no event shall a person's failure to secure a 2 child under 6 years of age in an approved child restraint 3 system or properly secure such child, if age 4 or 5, in a 4 seat belt constitute contributory negligence or be admissible 5 as evidence in the trial of any civil action. 6 A person's failure to secure a child 4 years of age or 7 older but under the age of 10 in a child booster seat and a 8 federally approved lap-and-shoulder belt system, as provided 9 in Section 4c of this Act, does not constitute contributory 10 negligence and is not admissible as evidence in the trial of 11 any civil action. 12 (Source: P.A. 86-1241.)