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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 Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 12-603.1 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/12-603.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-603.1)
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| 7 | Sec. 12-603.1. Driver and passenger required to use safety | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | belts,
exceptions and penalty. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (a) Each driver and front seat passenger of a motor vehicle | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | operated on a
street or highway in this State shall wear a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | properly adjusted and
fastened seat safety belt; except that, a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | child less than 8 years of age shall
be protected as required | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | pursuant to the Child Passenger Protection Act.
Each driver | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | under the age of 18 years and each of the driver's
passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | under the age of 19 years of a motor vehicle operated
on a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | street or highway in this State shall wear a properly
adjusted | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | and fastened seat safety belt.
Every passenger under the age of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 19 in a vehicle being driven by a person over the age of 18 who | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | committed an offense against traffic regulations governing the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | movement of vehicles or any violation of this Section or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Section 6-107 of this Code within 6 months prior to the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | driver's 18th birthday and was subsequently convicted of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | violation, shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | safety belt, until such time as a period of 6 consecutive | ||||||
| 2 | months has elapsed without the driver receiving an additional | ||||||
| 3 | violation and subsequent conviction of an offense against | ||||||
| 4 | traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles or any | ||||||
| 5 | violation of this Section or Section 6-107 of this Code. Each | ||||||
| 6 | driver of a motor vehicle transporting a child 8 years of age | ||||||
| 7 | or
more, but less than 16 years of age,
shall secure the child | ||||||
| 8 | in a properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt as | ||||||
| 9 | required under the Child Passenger Protection Act. Each driver | ||||||
| 10 | of a motor vehicle transporting a passenger who is unable, due | ||||||
| 11 | to infirmity, illness, or age, to properly adjust and
fasten a | ||||||
| 12 | seat
safety belt and is not exempted from wearing a seat safety | ||||||
| 13 | belt under subsection (b)
shall secure the passenger in a | ||||||
| 14 | properly adjusted and fastened seat safety belt as required | ||||||
| 15 | under this Section.
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| 16 | (b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to any of the following:
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| 17 | 1. A driver or passenger frequently stopping and | ||||||
| 18 | leaving the vehicle or
delivering property from the | ||||||
| 19 | vehicle, if the speed of the vehicle between
stops does not | ||||||
| 20 | exceed 15 miles per hour.
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| 21 | 2. A driver or passenger possessing a written statement | ||||||
| 22 | from a physician
that such person is unable, for medical or | ||||||
| 23 | physical reasons, to wear a seat
safety belt.
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| 24 | 3. A driver or passenger possessing an official | ||||||
| 25 | certificate or license
endorsement issued by the | ||||||
| 26 | appropriate agency in another state or country
indicating | ||||||
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| 1 | that the driver is unable for medical, physical, or other | ||||||
| 2 | valid
reasons to wear a seat safety belt.
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| 3 | 4. A driver operating a motor vehicle in reverse.
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| 4 | 5. A motor vehicle with a model year prior to 1965.
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| 5 | 6. A motorcycle or motor driven cycle.
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| 6 | 7. A motorized pedalcycle.
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| 7 | 8. A motor vehicle which is not required to be equipped | ||||||
| 8 | with seat safety
belts under federal law.
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| 9 | 9. A motor vehicle operated by a rural letter carrier | ||||||
| 10 | of the United
States postal service while performing duties | ||||||
| 11 | as a rural letter carrier.
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| 12 | (c) Failure to wear a seat safety belt in violation of this | ||||||
| 13 | Section
shall not be considered evidence of negligence, shall | ||||||
| 14 | not limit the
liability of an insurer, and shall not diminish | ||||||
| 15 | any recovery for damages
arising out of the ownership, | ||||||
| 16 | maintenance, or operation of a motor vehicle.
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| 17 | (d) A violation of this Section shall be a petty offense | ||||||
| 18 | and subject to a
fine not to exceed $25.
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| 19 | (e) (Blank).
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| 20 | (f) A law enforcement officer may not search or inspect a | ||||||
| 21 | motor vehicle,
its contents, the driver, or a passenger solely | ||||||
| 22 | because of a violation of this
Section.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 94-239, eff. 1-1-06; 94-241, eff. 1-1-06; 95-310, | ||||||
| 24 | eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
| 26 | 1, 2010.
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