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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Child Passenger Protection Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | who has successfully completed the U.S. Department of
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10 | Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | Administration's (NHTSA) standardized National Child Passenger | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Safety Certification Training Program and who maintains a
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13 | current child passenger safety technician or technician | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | instructor certification through the current
certifying body | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | for the National Child Passenger Safety Training Program as | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | designated by the
NHTSA. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (b) A person in violation of Section 4 of this Act may | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | schedule a child safety instructional course with a technician. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | The instructional course shall include instruction on the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | proper installation of a child restraint system. The | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | instructional course shall also include an inspection of the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | child restraint system. At the time of scheduling, the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | technician shall notify the person that the instructional |
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1 | course must be completed prior to the mandatory court | ||||||
2 | appearance date on the person's citation for a violation of | ||||||
3 | Section 4 of this Act. | ||||||
4 | (c) Prior to beginning the instructional course, the person | ||||||
5 | must present a copy of the citation of a violation of Section 4 | ||||||
6 | of this Act to the technician. | ||||||
7 | (d) The technician shall be observant for any citations | ||||||
8 | with the notation "no safety seat" in the notes field and | ||||||
9 | discuss with the person, for the purpose of determining the | ||||||
10 | person's need for a child restraint system, the person's | ||||||
11 | reasons for not transporting the child in a child restraint | ||||||
12 | system. The technician shall discuss the negative consequences | ||||||
13 | of a motor vehicle accident with a child occurring without the | ||||||
14 | child wearing a proper child restraint system. The technician | ||||||
15 | may also discuss the importance of an adult wearing a safety | ||||||
16 | belt and the impact it may have on the child's behavior. | ||||||
17 | (e) Upon completion of the instructional course to the | ||||||
18 | satisfaction of the technician conducting the course, the | ||||||
19 | technician shall issue a letter to the person for presentation | ||||||
20 | in 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.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 96-914, eff. 1-1-11; 97-26, eff. 1-1-12.)
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