Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 8/23/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1298 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1298 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 
5changing Section 12-603 as follows:
 



6    (625 ILCS 5/12-603)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603)



7    Sec. 12-603. Seat safety belts. 

8    (a) No person shall sell any 1965 or later model motor 
9vehicle of the
the
first division unless the front seat of such 
10motor vehicle is equipped with
2 sets of seat safety belts. 
11Motorcycles are exempted from the provisions
of this Section.
12    (b) No person shall operate any 1965 or later model motor

13vehicle of the
first division that is titled or licensed by the 
14Secretary of State unless
the front seat of such motor vehicle 
15is equipped with 2 sets of seat safety
belts.

16    (b-5) No person under the age of 18 years shall operate
any 
 
 
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1motor vehicle, except a motor driven cycle or motorcycle, with 
2more than
one
 passenger in the front seat of the motor vehicle 
3and no more
passengers in the back seats than the number of 
4available seat safety belts,
 except that each driver
under the 
5age of 18 years operating a second division vehicle having a 
6gross
vehicle weight rating of 8,000 pounds or less that 
7contains only a front seat
may operate the vehicle with more 
8than one passenger in the front seat,
provided that each 
9passenger is wearing a properly adjusted and fastened seat

10safety belt.

11    (c) (Blank).

12    (d) The Department shall establish performance 
13specifications for seat
safety belts and for the attachment and 
14installation thereof.

15(Source: P.A. 89-120, eff. 7-7-95; 90-89, eff. 1-1-98; 90-369, 
16eff. 1-1-98;
90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)".